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unobsessive

unobsessive adjective: not obsessive.

Adjective

unobsessive (comparative more unobsessive, superlative most unobsessive)

  1. Not obsessive.
    • They are quite unobsessive on the subject of filth of any sort, lifting a micturating child away from their own bodies if possible, and expressing open and unabashed disgust at faeces on the path.1938, Margaret Mead, The Mountain Arapesh, volume 1, page 214
    • We can then allow whatever the results of our work are to flow out of this in a natural, unobsessive way.2007, Jack Kornfield, Modern Buddhist Masters, page 129

Forms of unobsessive

comparativemore unobsessive
superlativemost unobsessive

Origin of unobsessive

From un- + obsessive.

Words formed from unobsessive

Words that rhyme with unobsessive

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Questions about unobsessive

What does unobsessive mean?
Unobsessive means not obsessive.
What part of speech is unobsessive?
Unobsessive is an adjective.

Words near unobsessive in the dictionary

  1. unobserved
  2. unobservedly
  3. unobserving
  4. unobservingly
  5. unobsessed
  6. unobsessive
  7. unobsessively
  8. unobsolete
  9. unobstinate
  10. unobstreperous
  11. unobstruct

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