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unsporting

unsporting adjective: unfair, or not sportsmanlike.

Adjective

unsporting (comparative more unsporting, superlative most unsporting)

  1. unfair, or not sportsmanlike
  2. Not taking part in sport; unsporty.
    • The bright, unsporting boy is labelled a swot, geek or nerd, the artist any other term that throws his masculinity into doubt.2011, Brent D. Taylor, The Outsider's Edge: The Making of Self-Made Billionaires

unsporting meaning in Tamil

unsporting in Tamil

பெருந்தன்மையற்ற, விளையாட்டுப் பெருந்தன்மை வாய்ந்திராத

Forms of unsporting

comparativemore unsporting
superlativemost unsporting

Origin of unsporting

From un- + sporting.

Words formed from unsporting

Questions about unsporting

What does unsporting mean?
Unsporting means unfair, or not sportsmanlike.
What is unsporting in Tamil?
Unsporting in Tamil is பெருந்தன்மையற்ற, விளையாட்டுப் பெருந்தன்மை வாய்ந்திராத. See Unsporting meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unsporting?
Unsporting is an adjective.

Words near unsporting in the dictionary

  1. unspooling
  2. unspools
  3. unsported
  4. unsportful
  5. unsportiness
  6. unsporting
  7. unsportingly
  8. unsportingness
  9. unsportive
  10. unsportsmanlike
  11. unsportsmanlikeness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unsporting (page history and authors); unsporting (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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