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uncollegiate

uncollegiate adjective: not collegiate.

Adjective

uncollegiate (comparative more uncollegiate, superlative most uncollegiate)

  1. Not collegiate.
  2. (not comparable) Not being or relating to a collegiate church.
    • The Established churches in Glasgow are all uncollegiate.1835, The new statistical account of Scotland, volume 7, page 191

Verb

uncollegiate (third-person singular simple present uncollegiates, present participle uncollegiating, simple past and past participle uncollegiated)

  1. (transitive) To demote from the status of a collegiate church.

Forms of uncollegiate

Adjective
comparativemore uncollegiate
superlativemost uncollegiate
Verb
third-person singular presentuncollegiates
present participleuncollegiating
past participleuncollegiated
pastuncollegiated

Origin of uncollegiate

From un- + collegiate.

Questions about uncollegiate

What does uncollegiate mean?
Uncollegiate means not collegiate.
What part of speech is uncollegiate?
Uncollegiate can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near uncollegiate in the dictionary

  1. uncolleged
  2. uncollegial
  3. uncollegiality
  4. uncollegially
  5. uncollegian
  6. uncollegiate
  7. uncollegiated
  8. uncollegiates
  9. uncollegiating
  10. uncollided
  11. uncolliding

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