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undeferential

undeferential adjective: not showing appropriate respect or courtesy.

Adjective

undeferential (comparative more undeferential, superlative most undeferential)

  1. Not showing appropriate respect or courtesy.
    • Smoke rose high - cigarette and golden table-lighters brought round by undeferential white-coated flunkeys - but there was nothing to drink except orange crush - officially.1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 292

Forms of undeferential

comparativemore undeferential
superlativemost undeferential

Origin of undeferential

From un- + deferential.

Words formed from undeferential

Questions about undeferential

What does undeferential mean?
Undeferential means not showing appropriate respect or courtesy.
What part of speech is undeferential?
Undeferential is an adjective.

Words near undeferential in the dictionary

  1. undefensed
  2. undefensible
  3. undefensive
  4. undefensively
  5. undeferability
  6. undeferential
  7. undeferentially
  8. undeferrability
  9. undeferrable
  10. undeferred
  11. undefiable

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