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uninflammatory

uninflammatory adjective: not inflammatory.

Adjective

uninflammatory (comparative more uninflammatory, superlative most uninflammatory)

  1. Not inflammatory.
    • As I swung onto the avenue behind her, there seemed to be a discreet, uninflammatory distance between us.2002, Jewell Parker Rhodes, The African American Guide to Writing & Publishing Non Fiction

Forms of uninflammatory

comparativemore uninflammatory
superlativemost uninflammatory

Origin of uninflammatory

From un- + inflammatory.

Questions about uninflammatory

What does uninflammatory mean?
Uninflammatory means not inflammatory.
What part of speech is uninflammatory?
Uninflammatory is an adjective.

Words near uninflammatory in the dictionary

  1. uninfixed
  2. uninflamed
  3. uninflaming
  4. uninflammability
  5. uninflammable
  6. uninflammatory
  7. uninflatable
  8. uninflated
  9. uninflectable
  10. uninflected
  11. uninflectedness

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