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unpride

unpride noun: the lack or absence of pride; pridelessness; modesty; humility.

Noun

unpride (uncountable)

  1. The lack or absence of pride; pridelessness; modesty; humility.
    • They take pride in their unpride. It reflects their lack of status. Bottom of the android world, bottom of the bottom of the human world, and they know it, and they don't like it, and the squalor is like a badge of nonstatus for them.1970, Robert Silverberg, Tower of Glass
    • This will teach you unpride, unegotism, unselfishness.2007, John C. Wright, The Phoenix Exultant

Origin of unpride

From un- (“lack or absence of”) + pride.

Questions about unpride

What does unpride mean?
Unpride means the lack or absence of pride; pridelessness; modesty; humility.
What part of speech is unpride?
Unpride is a noun.

Words near unpride in the dictionary

  1. unpriceable
  2. unpriced
  3. unpricked
  4. unprickled
  5. unprickly
  6. unpride
  7. unprideful
  8. unpridefully
  9. unpried
  10. unpries
  11. unpriest

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