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disrespective

disrespective adjective: showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.

Adjective

disrespective (comparative more disrespective, superlative most disrespective)

  1. (nonstandard, obsolete) Showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.
    • thou seest me decline to a careless obduration, and to a disrespective forgetfulness of thy mercies1651, Jos[eph] Hall, Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or, Holy Self-conferences of the Devout Soul, […], 2nd edition, London: […] Will[iam] Hunt, and are to be sold by George Lathum junior, […], →OCLC

Forms of disrespective

comparativemore disrespective
superlativemost disrespective

Origin of disrespective

From dis- + respective.

Questions about disrespective

What does disrespective mean?
Disrespective means showing a lack of respect; disrespectful.
What part of speech is disrespective?
Disrespective is an adjective.

Words near disrespective in the dictionary

  1. disrespecters
  2. disrespectful
  3. disrespectfully
  4. disrespectfulness
  5. disrespecting
  6. disrespective
  7. disrespector
  8. disrespectors
  9. disrespects
  10. disreverence
  11. disreverenced

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