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unparental

unparental adjective: not parental; not befitting a parent.

Adjective

unparental (comparative more unparental, superlative most unparental)

  1. Not parental; not befitting a parent.

Forms of unparental

comparativemore unparental
superlativemost unparental

Origin of unparental

From un- + parental.

Questions about unparental

What does unparental mean?
Unparental means not parental; not befitting a parent.
What part of speech is unparental?
Unparental is an adjective.

Words near unparental in the dictionary

  1. unpardonably
  2. unpardoned
  3. unpardoning
  4. unpared
  5. unparent
  6. unparental
  7. unparented
  8. unparenthesized
  9. unparenting
  10. unparents
  11. unparged

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