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unsheeplike

unsheeplike adjective: not sheeplike.

Adjective

unsheeplike (comparative more unsheeplike, superlative most unsheeplike)

  1. Not sheeplike.
    • Then another ewe started to behave in a way that was most unsheeplike and, for a while anyway, I thought it rather impressive.1999, Adam Nicolson, Perch Hill: a new life
    • I went barefoot to the practice field: six enclosed acres of coarse grass, chewed earth, and horse droppings, where a few unkempt sheep wandered, badly shorn and painted in unsheeplike colors each year by teams of students.2001, Roberta A. MacAvoy, Lens of the World

Forms of unsheeplike

comparativemore unsheeplike
superlativemost unsheeplike

Origin of unsheeplike

From un- + sheeplike.

Questions about unsheeplike

What does unsheeplike mean?
Unsheeplike means not sheeplike.
What part of speech is unsheeplike?
Unsheeplike is an adjective.

Words near unsheeplike in the dictionary

  1. unsheathings
  2. unsheaths
  3. unshed
  4. unsheddable
  5. unshedding
  6. unsheeplike
  7. unsheet
  8. unsheeted
  9. unsheeting
  10. unsheets
  11. unshell

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