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unsportive

unsportive adjective: not sportive.

Adjective

unsportive (comparative more unsportive, superlative most unsportive)

  1. Not sportive.

Forms of unsportive

comparativemore unsportive
superlativemost unsportive

Origin of unsportive

From un- + sportive.

Questions about unsportive

What does unsportive mean?
Unsportive means not sportive.
What part of speech is unsportive?
Unsportive is an adjective.

Words near unsportive in the dictionary

  1. unsportful
  2. unsportiness
  3. unsporting
  4. unsportingly
  5. unsportingness
  6. unsportive
  7. unsportsmanlike
  8. unsportsmanlikeness
  9. unsportsmanliness
  10. unsportsmanly
  11. unsportswomanlike

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