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unservicelike

unservicelike adjective: not characteristic of the naval service; unseamanlike.

Adjective

unservicelike (comparative more unservicelike, superlative most unservicelike)

  1. Not characteristic of the naval service; unseamanlike.
    • The mate's unservicelike style of acquiescence — "With much pleasure sir," rather surprised, if it did not actually disconcert our 'gallant post,' who for a few seconds stared at him with all his eyes, open mouthed to boot, […]1846, Jack's Life at Sea: By an Old Irish Captain of the Head, page 41
    • The Borneons, in fighting, wear a quilted jacket or spencer, which reaches over the hips, and from its size has a most unservicelike appearance: the bare legs and arms sticking out from under this puffed-out coat, like the sticks which support the garments of a scarecrow.1847, Sir Henry Keppel, The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy, page 156

Forms of unservicelike

comparativemore unservicelike
superlativemost unservicelike

Origin of unservicelike

From un- + servicelike.

Questions about unservicelike

What does unservicelike mean?
Unservicelike means not characteristic of the naval service; unseamanlike.
What part of speech is unservicelike?
Unservicelike is an adjective.

Words near unservicelike in the dictionary

  1. unserviceability
  2. unserviceable
  3. unserviceableness
  4. unserviceably
  5. unserviced
  6. unservicelike
  7. unservicing
  8. unservile
  9. unset
  10. unset the table
  11. unsets

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