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unCanadian

unCanadian adjective: not Canadian; contrary to or inconsistent with Canada or Canadian values and traditions.

Adjective

unCanadian (comparative more unCanadian, superlative most unCanadian)

  1. Not Canadian; contrary to or inconsistent with Canada or Canadian values and traditions.
    • British Columbia as a rule has been treated by the culture of Central Canada as somehow exotic and unCanadian, and Alberta as a parochial outback.1974, Herschel Hardin, A Nation Unaware: The Canadian Economic Culture, J. J. Douglas, page 321
    • Tonight he makes the most unCanadian of admissions: he feels his success is deserved.2003, Donna Bailey Nurse, What's a Black Critic To Do?: Interviews, Profiles and Reviews of Black Writers, Insomniac Press, →ISBN, page 24

Forms of unCanadian

comparativemore unCanadian
superlativemost unCanadian

Origin of unCanadian

From un- + Canadian.

Questions about unCanadian

What does unCanadian mean?
UnCanadian means not Canadian; contrary to or inconsistent with Canada or Canadian values and traditions.
What part of speech is unCanadian?
UnCanadian is an adjective.

Words near unCanadian in the dictionary

  1. uncamphorated
  2. uncamping
  3. uncamps
  4. uncampy
  5. uncan
  6. unCanadian
  7. uncanalized
  8. uncancel
  9. uncancelability
  10. uncancelable
  11. uncanceled

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