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unrife

unrife adjective: not rife.

Adjective

unrife (comparative more unrife, superlative most unrife)

  1. Not rife.

Forms of unrife

comparativemore unrife
superlativemost unrife

Origin of unrife

un- + rife

Questions about unrife

What does unrife mean?
Unrife means not rife.
What part of speech is unrife?
Unrife is an adjective.

Words near unrife in the dictionary

  1. unrideably
  2. unridered
  3. unridged
  4. unridiculed
  5. unridiculous
  6. unrife
  7. unriffled
  8. unrifled
  9. unrifted
  10. unrig
  11. unrigged

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