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unmuscular

unmuscular adjective: not muscular; weak, puny, wimpy.

Adjective

unmuscular (comparative more unmuscular, superlative most unmuscular)

  1. Not muscular; weak, puny, wimpy.
  2. (figuratively) Not robust or strong.
    • [H]e kept saying, over and over: "I forgive him. He is still my brother. It is proper to forgive those who revile us," somewhat like an unmuscular Christian.1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 413

Forms of unmuscular

comparativemore unmuscular
superlativemost unmuscular

Origin of unmuscular

From un- + muscular.

Words formed from unmuscular

Words that rhyme with unmuscular

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Questions about unmuscular

What does unmuscular mean?
Unmuscular means not muscular; weak, puny, wimpy.
What part of speech is unmuscular?
Unmuscular is an adjective.

Words near unmuscular in the dictionary

  1. unmurmured
  2. unmurmuring
  3. unmurmuringly
  4. unmurmurous
  5. unmuscled
  6. unmuscular
  7. unmuscularity
  8. unmushy
  9. unmusical
  10. unmusicality
  11. unmusically

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