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nonadmirable

nonadmirable adjective: not admirable; reprehensible.

Adjective

nonadmirable (not comparable)

  1. Not admirable; reprehensible.
    • This inference could be drawn whether the self-descriptions truly reflected the objective prevalence of admirable qualities, the subjects' misperceptions of their (in fact) nonadmirable qualities as if they were admirable, or the subjects' desire to avoid describing themselves in terms of their...1975, Howard B. Kaplan, Self-attitudes and Deviant Behavior, page 16
    • Garvey makes it clear that no one deserves punishment merely for possessing base or nonadmirable desires.2009, Larry Alexander, Kimberly Kessler Ferzan, Stephen J. Morse, Crime and Culpability: A Theory of Criminal Law, page 76

Origin of nonadmirable

From non- + admirable.

Questions about nonadmirable

What does nonadmirable mean?
Nonadmirable means not admirable; reprehensible.
What part of speech is nonadmirable?
Nonadmirable is an adjective.

Words near nonadmirable in the dictionary

  1. nonadministration
  2. nonadministrations
  3. nonadministrative
  4. nonadministrator
  5. nonadministrators
  6. nonadmirable
  7. nonadmirer
  8. nonadmirers
  9. nonadmiring
  10. nonadmissible
  11. nonadmission

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