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unrespective

unrespective adjective: disrespectful.

Adjective

unrespective (comparative more unrespective, superlative most unrespective)

  1. (archaic) disrespectful
    • "A gentleman, please Sir," said the blushing Mary, (or Poll as some unrespective and light-minded persons have misnamed her), and the gentleman entered.1833 The Pilgrim Brothers [signed Timotheus Scribewell], Romances of Chivalric Ages, H. Cope, page iv

Forms of unrespective

comparativemore unrespective
superlativemost unrespective

Origin of unrespective

From un- + respective.

Questions about unrespective

What does unrespective mean?
Unrespective means disrespectful.
What part of speech is unrespective?
Unrespective is an adjective.

Words near unrespective in the dictionary

  1. unrespected
  2. unrespectful
  3. unrespectfully
  4. unrespectfulness
  5. unrespecting
  6. unrespective
  7. unrespectively
  8. unrespirable
  9. unrespired
  10. unrespited
  11. unresplendent

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