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unlineal

unlineal adjective: not lineal; not of a family line.

Adjective

unlineal (not comparable)

  1. Not lineal; not of a family line.
    • What proof that some unlineal hand, some barbarism, without or within, shall not wrench the sceptre of democracy from our grasp?1919, Calvin Coolidge, Have faith in Massachusetts; 2d ed.

Origin of unlineal

From un- + lineal.

Questions about unlineal

What does unlineal mean?
Unlineal means not lineal; not of a family line.
What part of speech is unlineal?
Unlineal is an adjective.

Words near unlineal in the dictionary

  1. unlimitless
  2. unlimits
  3. unlimned
  4. unlimping
  5. unline
  6. unlineal
  7. unlinearized
  8. unlined
  9. unlinered
  10. unlines
  11. unlingering

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