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unpercussive

unpercussive adjective: not percussive.

Adjective

unpercussive (comparative more unpercussive, superlative most unpercussive)

  1. Not percussive.
    • The rhythm should be repetitious, lacking in pulse, unaccented and unpercussive in nature.2012, Dick McCann, How to Influence Others at Work, page 126

Forms of unpercussive

comparativemore unpercussive
superlativemost unpercussive

Origin of unpercussive

From un- + percussive.

Questions about unpercussive

What does unpercussive mean?
Unpercussive means not percussive.
What part of speech is unpercussive?
Unpercussive is an adjective.

Words near unpercussive in the dictionary

  1. unperches
  2. unperching
  3. unpercipient
  4. unpercolated
  5. unpercussed
  6. unpercussive
  7. unperemptory
  8. unperfect
  9. unperfectable
  10. unperfected
  11. unperfectedness

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