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unrigorous

unrigorous adjective: not rigorous.

Adjective

unrigorous (comparative more unrigorous, superlative most unrigorous)

  1. Not rigorous.
    • The pieces’ lack of dance precision was part of their point, as was the way they seemed to flaunt a kind of unfocused and unrigorous intensity that in almost any academic-dance classroom would be considered bad style.2009 July 1, Alastair Macaulay, “A Stage for Social Ego to Battle Anguished Id”, in New York Times

Forms of unrigorous

comparativemore unrigorous
superlativemost unrigorous

Origin of unrigorous

From un- + rigorous.

Words formed from unrigorous

Questions about unrigorous

What does unrigorous mean?
Unrigorous means not rigorous.
What part of speech is unrigorous?
Unrigorous is an adjective.

Words near unrigorous in the dictionary

  1. unrightly
  2. unrightness
  3. unrights
  4. unrightwise
  5. unrigid
  6. unrigorous
  7. unrigorously
  8. unrigorousness
  9. unrigs
  10. unriled
  11. unrimed

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