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unscholastic

unscholastic adjective: not scholastic.

Adjective

unscholastic (comparative more unscholastic, superlative most unscholastic)

  1. Not scholastic.
    • Both characteristics were so well developed that the hours they spent in the schoolroom were chiefly devoted to exploits of a most unscholastic nature.1901, Anna Chapin Ray, Teddy: Her Book
    • You are not free, yet, to be as useful at home as you would like to be; your mother has to do without a daughter, to a large extent, or to avail herself of one with the uncomfortable feeling that the daughter is losing valuable time thereby, and probably is considering herself a martyr in having to...1903, Lucy H. M. Soulsby, Stray Thoughts for Girls

Forms of unscholastic

comparativemore unscholastic
superlativemost unscholastic

Origin of unscholastic

From un- + scholastic.

Questions about unscholastic

What does unscholastic mean?
Unscholastic means not scholastic.
What part of speech is unscholastic?
Unscholastic is an adjective.

Words near unscholastic in the dictionary

  1. unschismatic
  2. unschismatical
  3. unscholarlike
  4. unscholarliness
  5. unscholarly
  6. unscholastic
  7. unscholastical
  8. unscholastick
  9. unschool
  10. unschooled
  11. unschooledness

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