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unsmall

unsmall adjective: not small; large.

Adjective

unsmall (comparative more unsmall, superlative most unsmall)

  1. (humorous, nonstandard) Not small; large.
    • Bill parked at a drive-in beside a big Buick. Its lone occupant, an unsmall woman, looked over and down at the sardined Simea, and grinned broadly.1959 September 21, “Stories of the Week”, in Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News, volume 88, number 3, Detroit, M.I.: Business News Publishing Co., page 1
    • Jeremy Kagan, twenty-six, is proud owner of a Harvard degree (Phi Beta Kappa), a beard (brown and bushy), and an unsmall ego (amply justified).1973 January 30, Scott Kaufer, “A Mini-Versailles for Film Makers”, in World, volume 2, number 3, New York, N.Y.: World Magazine, Inc., page 87, column 2

Examples of unsmall in a sentence

  • Another option is to save receipts and obtain a refund at the airport, although the commission charged is unsmall.1993, Jonathan Taylor, editor, Let's Go: The Budget Guide to London, 1993, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 198:
  • Your preconceived notion that unsmall voltage is required to drive electromagnetic devices is wrong.2000 March 21, Larry Brasfield, “Magnified Sunlight”, in alt.energy.homepower (Usenet):
  • Procol Harum, who never got their royalties for 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' — they were swizzed out of an unsmall fortune — might be forgiven for wanting to cash in on the pop memory boom.2012, Henry Scott-Irvine, Procol Harum: The Ghosts of a Whiter Shade of Pale, London […]: Omnibus Press, →ISBN, page 205:

Forms of unsmall

comparativemore unsmall
superlativemost unsmall

Origin of unsmall

From un- + small.

Questions about unsmall

What does unsmall mean?
Unsmall means not small; large.
How do you use unsmall in a sentence?
Another option is to save receipts and obtain a refund at the airport, although the commission charged is unsmall.
What part of speech is unsmall?
Unsmall is an adjective.

Words near unsmall in the dictionary

  1. unslurred
  2. unslushy
  3. unslutty
  4. unsly
  5. unsmacked
  6. unsmall
  7. unsmart
  8. unsmartly
  9. unsmartness
  10. unsmashable
  11. unsmeared

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