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unsharklike

unsharklike adjective: not sharklike.

Adjective

unsharklike (comparative more unsharklike, superlative most unsharklike)

  1. Not sharklike.
    • A distinguishing feature of these fishes is an unsharklike tail. It is almost symmetrical-very much like a tuna's tail.1972, Herbert Kondo, Grolier's Amazing World of Animals, page 141
    • While they are voracious feeders, they have an unsharklike reluctance to take the baited hook of the angler.1975, John Clark, Shark Frenzy, New York: Grosset & Dunlap, page 45

Forms of unsharklike

comparativemore unsharklike
superlativemost unsharklike
alternative formun-sharklike
alternative formun-shark-like

Origin of unsharklike

From un- + sharklike.

Questions about unsharklike

What does unsharklike mean?
Unsharklike means not sharklike.
What part of speech is unsharklike?
Unsharklike is an adjective.

Words near unsharklike in the dictionary

  1. unshareable
  2. unshared
  3. unsharedness
  4. unshares
  5. unsharing
  6. unsharklike
  7. unsharp
  8. unsharped
  9. unsharpen
  10. unsharpenable
  11. unsharpened

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