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undomineering

undomineering adjective: not domineering.

Adjective

undomineering (comparative more undomineering, superlative most undomineering)

  1. Not domineering.
    • I own myſelf a lover, perhaps to enthuſiaſm, of the mild, undomineering, ſweet-tempered government to which I feel myself indebted for the ſecurity and repoſe ſo dear to my heart.1791, J. Debrett, A letter to the right honourable Edmund Burke, 2nd edition, London, page 128
    • The two sisters have left home and live with their undomineering husbands.1973, Sasson Somekh, The Changing Rhythm: A Study of Najīb Maḥfūẓ’s Novels, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 128

Forms of undomineering

comparativemore undomineering
superlativemost undomineering

Origin of undomineering

From un- + domineering.

Questions about undomineering

What does undomineering mean?
Undomineering means not domineering.
What part of speech is undomineering?
Undomineering is an adjective.

Words near undomineering in the dictionary

  1. undomicilable
  2. undomiciled
  3. undominant
  4. undominated
  5. undominating
  6. undomineering
  7. undominical
  8. undominoed
  9. undon
  10. undonated
  11. undone

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