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unmonklike

unmonklike adjective: uncharacteristic of a monk; not monklike.

Adjective

unmonklike (comparative more unmonklike, superlative most unmonklike)

  1. Uncharacteristic of a monk; not monklike.
    • Roach founds a remote spiritual retreat in Arizona and moves his followers away from traditional Tibetan Buddhism by emphasizing its more controlling aspects and having lots of unmonklike sex on long silent-meditation retreats.2015 April 4, “Sex and death on a doomed search for enlightenment”, in Maclean's, Toronto, Ont.: St. Joseph Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2023

Forms of unmonklike

comparativemore unmonklike
superlativemost unmonklike

Origin of unmonklike

From un- + monklike.

Questions about unmonklike

What does unmonklike mean?
Unmonklike means uncharacteristic of a monk; not monklike.
What part of speech is unmonklike?
Unmonklike is an adjective.

Words near unmonklike in the dictionary

  1. unmonikered
  2. unmonistic
  3. unmonitorable
  4. unmonitored
  5. unmonkish
  6. unmonklike
  7. unmonkly
  8. unmonogrammed
  9. unmonopolize
  10. unmonopolized
  11. unmonopolizes

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