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unmaternal

unmaternal adjective: not maternal; not befitting a mother.

Adjective

unmaternal (comparative more unmaternal, superlative most unmaternal)

  1. Not maternal; not befitting a mother.
    Synonyms:
    unmotherly

Synonyms of unmaternal

Forms of unmaternal

comparativemore unmaternal
superlativemost unmaternal

Origin of unmaternal

From un- + maternal.

Words formed from unmaternal

Questions about unmaternal

What does unmaternal mean?
Unmaternal means not maternal; not befitting a mother.
What part of speech is unmaternal?
Unmaternal is an adjective.

Words near unmaternal in the dictionary

  1. unmaterialised
  2. unmaterialist
  3. unmaterialistic
  4. unmaterialistically
  5. unmaterialized
  6. unmaternal
  7. unmaternally
  8. unmates
  9. unmathematical
  10. unmathematically
  11. unmating

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