unmarine
unmarine adjective: not marine.
Adjective
unmarine (comparative more unmarine, superlative most unmarine)
- Not marine.
- […] the making of sheathing and ship's pumps. This last rather unmarine field included more than a third of the patents before 1800, which may be one explanation for the predominance of landlubbers in early marine patenting.1935, S. Colum Gilfillan, The Sociology of Invention, page 84
Forms of unmarine
| comparative | more unmarine |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unmarine |
Origin of unmarine
From un- + marine.
Questions about unmarine
- What does unmarine mean?
- Unmarine means not marine.
- What part of speech is unmarine?
- Unmarine is an adjective.
Words near unmarine in the dictionary
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