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unbushlike

unbushlike adjective: not typical of what is found in the bush.

Adjective

unbushlike (comparative more unbushlike, superlative most unbushlike)

  1. Not typical of what is found in the bush.
    • None of us relished the idea of these great cats using our camp as a thoroughfare, so the best we could do was to bang loudly on the metal sides of the Land-Rover. The unbushlike sounds brought about one of the most comical sights we had seen.1966, Desmond Varaday, Gara-Yaka's domain, page 138
    • It was most unbushlike and positively unAlaskan.1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 4

Forms of unbushlike

comparativemore unbushlike
superlativemost unbushlike

Origin of unbushlike

From un- + bush + -like.

Questions about unbushlike

What does unbushlike mean?
Unbushlike means not typical of what is found in the bush.
What part of speech is unbushlike?
Unbushlike is an adjective.

Words near unbushlike in the dictionary

  1. unburthensome
  2. unbury
  3. unburyable
  4. unburying
  5. unbushed
  6. unbushlike
  7. unbushy
  8. unbusied
  9. unbusier
  10. unbusies
  11. unbusiest

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