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unnews

unnews noun: news that is unnewsworthy.

Noun

unnews (uncountable)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) News that is unnewsworthy.
    • […] brand of what Orwell might have called 'unnews'.1990, Gerry Abbott, Back to Mandalay: An Inside View of Burma, page 72
    • […] six of the last ten World Series have gone the full seven games, and only the one-sided five-game victory of the Orioles over the Reds in 1970 ranked close to this year's affair as unnews.2001, Aethlon, volume 19, page 151

Forms of unnews

alternative formun-news

Origin of unnews

From un- + news.

Questions about unnews

What does unnews mean?
Unnews means news that is unnewsworthy.
What part of speech is unnews?
Unnews is a noun.

Words near unnews in the dictionary

  1. unneutrality
  2. unneutralized
  3. unneutrally
  4. unnew
  5. unnewness
  6. unnews
  7. unnewsworthiness
  8. unnewsworthy
  9. unni
  10. unnibbed
  11. unnibbled

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