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un-Australian

un-Australian adjective: not Australian.

Adjective

un-Australian (comparative more un-Australian, superlative most un-Australian)

  1. Not Australian.
  2. Not conforming to characteristic Australian standards of behaviour and ethics.
    • Did it mean if they spoke plainly to him that they were Australian too? Or, were they really invisible in anyone’s language no matter what they said, and would remain un-Australian for loving ancient beliefs of their traditional lands too much.2013, Alexis Wright, The Swan Book, Constable (2016), page 146

Forms of un-Australian

comparativemore un-Australian
superlativemost un-Australian

Origin of un-Australian

From un- + Australian.

Questions about un-Australian

What does un-Australian mean?
Un-Australian means not Australian.
What part of speech is un-Australian?
Un-Australian is an adjective.

Words near un-Australian in the dictionary

  1. un-Americanizing
  2. un-Americanness
  3. un-Aryan
  4. un-ate
  5. un-auntly
  6. un-Australian
  7. un-beatable
  8. un-bloat
  9. un-bloated
  10. un-bloating
  11. un-bloats

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