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unapplausive

unapplausive adjective: not applauding; unappreciative.

Adjective

unapplausive (comparative more unapplausive, superlative most unapplausive)

  1. Not applauding; unappreciative.
    • Instead of getting a soft fence against the cold, shadowy, unapplausive audience of his life, had he only given it a more substantial presence?1872, George Eliot, Middlemarch, Book II, chapter 20

Forms of unapplausive

comparativemore unapplausive
superlativemost unapplausive

Origin of unapplausive

From un- + applausive.

Questions about unapplausive

What does unapplausive mean?
Unapplausive means not applauding; unappreciative.
What part of speech is unapplausive?
Unapplausive is an adjective.

Words near unapplausive in the dictionary

  1. unappetizing
  2. unappetizingly
  3. unappetizingness
  4. unapplauded
  5. unapplauding
  6. unapplausive
  7. unappliable
  8. unapplicable
  9. unapplied
  10. unapplies
  11. unapply

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