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undoctorly

undoctorly adjective: not doctorly; not befitting a doctor.

Adjective

undoctorly (comparative more undoctorly, superlative most undoctorly)

  1. Not doctorly; not befitting a doctor.
    • This action created a furor in the broader medical community. It was considered undoctorly, unprofessional, illegal, and an infringement on the right to practice.1998, Mary-Jo DelVecchio Good, American Medicine: The Quest for Competence, page 79

Forms of undoctorly

comparativemore undoctorly
superlativemost undoctorly

Origin of undoctorly

From un- + doctorly.

Questions about undoctorly

What does undoctorly mean?
Undoctorly means not doctorly; not befitting a doctor.
What part of speech is undoctorly?
Undoctorly is an adjective.

Words near undoctorly in the dictionary

  1. undocks
  2. undoctor
  3. undoctored
  4. undoctoring
  5. undoctorlike
  6. undoctorly
  7. undoctors
  8. undoctrinaire
  9. undoctrinal
  10. undoctrined
  11. undocument

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