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unprosperous

unprosperous adjective: not prosperous.

Adjective

unprosperous (comparative more unprosperous, superlative most unprosperous)

  1. Not prosperous.

Forms of unprosperous

comparativemore unprosperous
superlativemost unprosperous

Origin of unprosperous

From un- + prosperous.

Words formed from unprosperous

Questions about unprosperous

What does unprosperous mean?
Unprosperous means not prosperous.
What part of speech is unprosperous?
Unprosperous is an adjective.

Words near unprosperous in the dictionary

  1. unprosodic
  2. unprospected
  3. unprospective
  4. unprospered
  5. unprosperity
  6. unprosperous
  7. unprosperously
  8. unprosperousness
  9. unprostitute
  10. unprostituted
  11. unprostrated

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