unselfish
unselfish adjective: not selfish.
Adjective
unselfish (comparative more unselfish, superlative most unselfish)
- Not selfish.
- The man was in an unselfish mood that day, so decided to give a £20 note to the next charity he came across.
- There was certainly no harm in his travelling sixteen miles twice over on such an errand; but there was an air of foppery and nonsense in it which she could not approve. It did not accord with the rationality of plan, the moderation in expense, or even the unselfish warmth of heart, which she had...1815 December (indicated as 1816), [Jane Austen], chapter VII, in Emma: […], volume II, London: […] [Charles Roworth and James Moyes] for John Murray, →OCLC, page 114
- Synonyms:
- selfless, generous, altruistic
unselfish meaning in Malayalam, Kannada and Sanskrit
unselfish in Malayalam
- disinterested, altruistic, selfless
- നിസ്വാർത്ഥമായ, സ്വാർത്ഥതയില്ലാത്ത, നിർല്ലേപ, നിർമ്മമ, അമമ, മമതയില്ലാത്ത
unselfish in Kannada
- ನಿಸ್ವಾರ್ಥ, ಸ್ವಾರ್ಥಪರನಲ್ಲದ, ಪರಹಿತವಾದ, ಪರೋಪಕಾರಿಯಾದ
unselfish in Sanskrit
- unselfish
- निर्मम nirmama
Synonyms of unselfish
Antonyms
Forms of unselfish
| comparative | more unselfish |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unselfish |
Origin of unselfish
From un- + selfish.
Words formed from unselfish
Questions about unselfish
- What does unselfish mean?
- Unselfish means not selfish.
- What is unselfish in Malayalam?
- Unselfish in Malayalam is നിസ്വാർത്ഥമായ, സ്വാർത്ഥതയില്ലാത്ത, നിർല്ലേപ. See Unselfish meaning in Malayalam.
- What part of speech is unselfish?
- Unselfish is an adjective.
Words near unselfish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: unselfish (page history and authors); unselfish (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); unselfish (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); निर्मम (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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