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uneager

UK/ʌˈniːɡə/

uneager adjective: not eager.

Adjective

uneager (comparative more uneager, superlative most uneager)

  1. Not eager.
    • She saw the young Corinthian Lycius / Charioting foremost in the envious race, / Like a young Jove with calm uneager face, / And fell into a swooning love of him.1819, John Keats, “Lamia”, in Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St. Agnes, and Other Poems, London: […] [Thomas Davison] for Taylor and Hessey, […], published 1820, →OCLC, part I, pages 15–16
    • His voice was unexcited, uneager.1931, Dashiell Hammett, chapter 7, in The Glass Key, New York: Vintage, published 1972, page 142

Forms of uneager

comparativemore uneager
superlativemost uneager

Origin of uneager

From un- + eager.

Words formed from uneager

Words that rhyme with uneager

Questions about uneager

What does uneager mean?
Uneager means not eager.
What part of speech is uneager?
Uneager is an adjective.
How do you pronounce uneager?
Uneager is pronounced /ʌˈniːɡə/ (UK).

Words near uneager in the dictionary

  1. undyked
  2. undynamic
  3. undynamited
  4. undé
  5. UNE
  6. uneager
  7. uneagerly
  8. uneagerness
  9. Uneapa
  10. uneared
  11. unearmarked

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