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unfamilial

unfamilial adjective: not familial.

Adjective

unfamilial (comparative more unfamilial, superlative most unfamilial)

  1. Not familial.
    • Their film version of the best-selling roman à clef about the distinctly unfamilial lives of Manhattan’s elite has an anthropological perspective, complete with museum-style dioramas of that strange society known as the Upper East Side.2007 August 19, Melena Ryzik, “In the Land of Nannies and Poodles”, in New York Times

Forms of unfamilial

comparativemore unfamilial
superlativemost unfamilial

Origin of unfamilial

From un- + familial.

Questions about unfamilial

What does unfamilial mean?
Unfamilial means not familial.
What part of speech is unfamilial?
Unfamilial is an adjective.

Words near unfamilial in the dictionary

  1. unfaltering
  2. unfalteringly
  3. unfalteringness
  4. unfame
  5. unfamed
  6. unfamilial
  7. unfamiliar
  8. unfamiliarised
  9. unfamiliarities
  10. unfamiliarity
  11. unfamiliarized

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