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unrubbish

unrubbish adjective: not rubbish; good or acceptable.

Adjective

unrubbish (comparative more unrubbish, superlative most unrubbish)

  1. (UK, colloquial) Not rubbish; good or acceptable.
    • […] they manage to land someone decidedly unrubbish to spend their lives with.2009, Paul Robert Smith, Up a Tree in the Park at Night with a Hedgehog, page 24
    • So that's why I just sent a rubbish little nothing-note (not to be confused with the very unrubbish Notes with a big N).2020, Inky Willis, Magical Muddles: Book 2

Forms of unrubbish

comparativemore unrubbish
superlativemost unrubbish

Origin of unrubbish

un- + rubbish

Questions about unrubbish

What does unrubbish mean?
Unrubbish means not rubbish; good or acceptable.
What part of speech is unrubbish?
Unrubbish is an adjective.

Words near unrubbish in the dictionary

  1. unrubbable
  2. unrubbed
  3. unrubberised
  4. unrubberized
  5. unrubbery
  6. unrubbish
  7. unrubrical
  8. unrubricated
  9. unruddered
  10. unrude
  11. unrued

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