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nimbyish

nimbyish adjective: in the manner of a nimby.

Adjective

nimbyish (comparative more nimbyish, superlative most nimbyish)

  1. In the manner of a nimby.
    • Stuff the objections of these nimbyish naysayers.2015 July 5, Andrew Rawnsley, “We’d dig ourselves a deep hole if we took politics out of planning”, in The Observer

Noun capitalized: NIMBYish

NIMBYish (uncountable)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of nimbyish.

Forms of nimbyish

comparativemore nimbyish
superlativemost nimbyish
alternative formNIMBYish

Origin of nimbyish

From nimby + -ish.

Questions about nimbyish

What does nimbyish mean?
Nimbyish means in the manner of a nimby.
What part of speech is nimbyish?
Nimbyish can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near nimbyish in the dictionary

  1. nimbus
  2. nimbused
  3. nimbuses
  4. nimbuslike
  5. nimby
  6. nimbyish
  7. nimbyism
  8. nimbyisms
  9. nimbyist
  10. nimbyists
  11. nimbys

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