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unpathetic

unpathetic is the alternative form of un-pathetic.

Meaning of un-pathetic

Adjective

un-pathetic (comparative more un-pathetic, superlative most un-pathetic)

  1. Not pathetic.
    • Listening to George Jones unpack his mistakes and shortcomings was a distraction from your own mistakes and shortcomings; here is a man who is just as pathetic as you are in your worst moments, and yet you’ll never be as un-pathetic in those times as he was.2013 April 26, Steven Hyden, “R.I.P., George Jones: Hard-Living, Hard-Drinking Country Music Legend”, in Grantland

Forms of unpathetic

comparativemore unpathetic
superlativemost unpathetic

Words formed from unpathetic

Questions about unpathetic

What is unpathetic the alternative form of?
Unpathetic is the alternative form of un-pathetic.

Words near unpathetic in the dictionary

  1. unpatenting
  2. unpatents
  3. unpaternal
  4. unpaternally
  5. unpathed
  6. unpathetic
  7. unpathetically
  8. unpathologized
  9. unpathwayed
  10. unpatience
  11. unpatient

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