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unslick

unslick adjective: not slick; not polished or fancy.

Adjective

unslick (comparative more unslick, superlative most unslick)

  1. Not slick; not polished or fancy.
    • And here in the penthouse offices of Senator Entertainment, Bret Easton Ellis, another symbol of those super-slick times, is sprawled in a soft chair, wearing decidedly unslick running shoes and sweats.2009 January 13, Michael Cieply, “Injecting a Taste of the Flush and Flashy ’80s Into Sundance”, in New York Times

Forms of unslick

comparativemore unslick
superlativemost unslick

Origin of unslick

From un- + slick.

Questions about unslick

What does unslick mean?
Unslick means not slick; not polished or fancy.
What part of speech is unslick?
Unslick is an adjective.

Words near unslick in the dictionary

  1. unslice
  2. unsliceable
  3. unsliced
  4. unslices
  5. unslicing
  6. unslick
  7. unslid
  8. unslide
  9. unslides
  10. unsliding
  11. unslighted

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