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nonadorable

nonadorable adjective: not adorable; unadorable.

Adjective

nonadorable (not comparable)

  1. Not adorable; unadorable.
    • Even more distant is The Bad News Bears, which offers nonadorable kids and an array of dim adults, the best of whom (Walter Matthau) learns to respect them and keep away: "Just go out there and do the best you can," he tells them.1998, James Russell Kincaid, Erotic Innocence: The Culture of Child Molesting, page 137
    • It's the first nonadorable look I've seen her make.2008, Jonathan Friesen, Jerk, California, page 167

Examples of nonadorable in a sentence

  • It was refreshing because it set the stage for women to be flawed, angry, strange, needy and otherwise nonadorable.2016, Rebecca Traister, All the Single Ladies, page 94:
  • Did she really mean that, or was it just one of her many nonadorable pet names for her coworkers?2016, Lisa Selin Davis, Lost Stars or What Lou Reed Taught Me About Love:

Origin of nonadorable

From non- + adorable.

Questions about nonadorable

What does nonadorable mean?
Nonadorable means not adorable; unadorable.
How do you use nonadorable in a sentence?
It was refreshing because it set the stage for women to be flawed, angry, strange, needy and otherwise nonadorable.
What part of speech is nonadorable?
Nonadorable is an adjective.

Words near nonadorable in the dictionary

  1. nonadopters
  2. nonadopting
  3. nonadoption
  4. nonadoptions
  5. nonadoptive
  6. nonadorable
  7. Nonadorantes
  8. nonadoring
  9. nonadorned
  10. nonadornment
  11. nonadrenal

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