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unmodest

unmodest adjective: not modest.

Adjective

unmodest (comparative more unmodest, superlative most unmodest)

  1. Not modest.
    • […] - an outstanding example of botanical artistry and of the skill of the gravure craftsman; a volume that would have been possible only at many times the present and unmodest price, had its manufacture not been heavily subsidized by the Buhl Foundation; a volume destined to become a classic of...1953, Baileya, L. H. Bailey Hortorium, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Cornell University, page 34

Forms of unmodest

comparativemore unmodest
superlativemost unmodest

Origin of unmodest

From un- + modest.

Questions about unmodest

What does unmodest mean?
Unmodest means not modest.
What part of speech is unmodest?
Unmodest is an adjective.

Words near unmodest in the dictionary

  1. unmodernization
  2. unmodernize
  3. unmodernized
  4. unmodernizes
  5. unmodernizing
  6. unmodest
  7. unmodifiability
  8. unmodifiable
  9. unmodifiableness
  10. unmodifiably
  11. unmodified

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