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unpugnacious

unpugnacious adjective: not pugnacious.

Adjective

unpugnacious (comparative more unpugnacious, superlative most unpugnacious)

  1. Not pugnacious.
    • Arthur was elected to replace the unpugnacious Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest ), a liberal law professor who was skittish about capital punishment and clashed with more aggressive prosecutors.2007 June 1, Alessandra Stanley, “In Casting for President, Will Actor Rate a Callback?”, in New York Times

Forms of unpugnacious

comparativemore unpugnacious
superlativemost unpugnacious

Origin of unpugnacious

From un- + pugnacious.

Questions about unpugnacious

What does unpugnacious mean?
Unpugnacious means not pugnacious.
What part of speech is unpugnacious?
Unpugnacious is an adjective.

Words near unpugnacious in the dictionary

  1. unpuffed
  2. unpuffing
  3. unpuffs
  4. unpuffy
  5. unpugilistic
  6. unpugnacious
  7. unpulled
  8. unpulpable
  9. unpulped
  10. unpulsed
  11. unpulverizable

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