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ultracontemporary

ultracontemporary adjective: thoroughly modern and up to date.

Adjective

ultracontemporary (comparative more ultracontemporary, superlative most ultracontemporary)

  1. Thoroughly modern and up to date.
    • The 2,000 examples range from the historic to the ultracontemporary, from stately to quirky, ornate to austere.2008 January 6, Robin Pogrebin, “Classic Revival”, in New York Times

Forms of ultracontemporary

comparativemore ultracontemporary
superlativemost ultracontemporary

Origin of ultracontemporary

From ultra- + contemporary.

Questions about ultracontemporary

What does ultracontemporary mean?
Ultracontemporary means thoroughly modern and up to date.
What part of speech is ultracontemporary?
Ultracontemporary is an adjective.

Words near ultracontemporary in the dictionary

  1. ultraconservatisms
  2. ultraconservative
  3. ultraconservatives
  4. ultraconserved
  5. ultraconstitutional
  6. ultracontemporary
  7. ultracontig
  8. ultracontigs
  9. ultracontractivity
  10. ultracontroversial
  11. ultraconvenience

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