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un-pathetic

un-pathetic adjective: not pathetic.

Adjective

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

  1. Not pathetic.
    • Listening to George Jones unpack his mistakes and shortcomings was a distraction from your own mistakes and shortcomings; here is a man who is just as pathetic as you are in your worst moments, and yet you’ll never be as un-pathetic in those times as he was.2013 April 26, Steven Hyden, “R.I.P., George Jones: Hard-Living, Hard-Drinking Country Music Legend”, in Grantland

Forms of un-pathetic

comparativemore un-pathetic
superlativemost un-pathetic
alternative formunpathetic

Origin of un-pathetic

From un- + pathetic.

Questions about un-pathetic

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

Words near un-pathetic in the dictionary

  1. un-nuking
  2. un-omitted
  3. un-ostentatious
  4. un-othering
  5. un-Palestinian
  6. un-pathetic
  7. un-PC
  8. un-pin-downable
  9. un-Puritanically
  10. un-put-downable
  11. un-react

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