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unmonumental

unmonumental adjective: not monumental.

Adjective

unmonumental (comparative more unmonumental, superlative most unmonumental)

  1. Not monumental.
    • The show is every bit as socially engaged as its video-heavy 2002 predecessor, but packages its politics in a different way, in unmonumental objects and installations by undersung, not to say unknown, artists.2007 June 22, Holland Cotter, “Asking Serious Questions in a Very Quiet Voice”, in New York Times

Forms of unmonumental

comparativemore unmonumental
superlativemost unmonumental

Origin of unmonumental

From un- + monumental.

Questions about unmonumental

What does unmonumental mean?
Unmonumental means not monumental.
What part of speech is unmonumental?
Unmonumental is an adjective.

Words near unmonumental in the dictionary

  1. unmonopolized
  2. unmonopolizes
  3. unmonopolizing
  4. unmonotonous
  5. unmonstrous
  6. unmonumental
  7. unmonumented
  8. unmoor
  9. unmoored
  10. unmooredness
  11. unmooring

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