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undeft

undeft adjective: not deft.

Adjective

undeft (comparative more undeft, superlative most undeft)

  1. Not deft.
    • That was the day to do it, he thought; and he took little Sunlocks and washed his chubby face and combed his yellow hair, curling it over his own great undeft fingers, and put his best clothes on him — […]1890, Sir Hall Caine, The Bondman: A New Saga, volume 1, page 96

Forms of undeft

comparativemore undeft
superlativemost undeft

Origin of undeft

From un- + deft.

Questions about undeft

What does undeft mean?
Undeft means not deft.
What part of speech is undeft?
Undeft is an adjective.

Words near undeft in the dictionary

  1. undeforming
  2. undeforms
  3. undefrauded
  4. undefrayed
  5. undefrosted
  6. undeft
  7. undefused
  8. undegassed
  9. undegeneracy
  10. undegenerate
  11. undegenerated

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