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unsane

unsane adjective: synonym of insane.

Adjective

unsane (comparative more unsane, superlative most unsane)

  1. (usually) Synonym of insane.
    • If only he didn’t feel so tired, so sick of everything, his father, this unsane country.2023, Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors, Solaris (2024), page 253
    Synonyms:
    insane
  2. (especially, general) In a state of maladaptive mental functioning that is not insane (that is, not mentally ill, or at least not clinically so) but is also not sane under a definition whereby sanity is highly adaptive cognition.
    • One of the hallmarks of maturity and personal adjustment, and an important difference between the highly sane person and the unsane person, is simply the conscious acceptance of responsibility for one's life.2009, Karl Albrecht, Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills, page 117
    Synonyms:
    nonsane

Synonyms of unsane

Forms of unsane

comparativemore unsane
superlativemost unsane

Origin of unsane

From un- + sane.

Questions about unsane

What does unsane mean?
Unsane means synonym of insane.
What part of speech is unsane?
Unsane is an adjective.

Words near unsane in the dictionary

  1. unsandboxed
  2. unsanded
  3. unsandpapered
  4. unsandwiched
  5. unsandy
  6. unsane
  7. unsang
  8. unsanguinary
  9. unsanguine
  10. unsanguineous
  11. unsanitarily

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