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unsupple

unsupple adjective: not supple.

Adjective

unsupple (comparative more unsupple, superlative most unsupple)

  1. Not supple.
    • This was, by every earthly canon, a good man, but a stern and unsupple.1918, Mary Johnston, Foes
    • His voice is coarse and apparently unsupple but, as with Howlin' Wolf, his breath control and subtle shifts in intensity, pitch, and timbre infuse this blunt instrument with texture and nuance.2003 June 6, David Whiteis, “Jon Dee Graham”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of unsupple

comparativemore unsupple
superlativemost unsupple

Origin of unsupple

From un- + supple.

Words formed from unsupple

Questions about unsupple

What does unsupple mean?
Unsupple means not supple.
What part of speech is unsupple?
Unsupple is an adjective.

Words near unsupple in the dictionary

  1. unsupervized
  2. unsupped
  3. unsuppered
  4. unsupplantable
  5. unsupplanted
  6. unsupple
  7. unsuppled
  8. unsupplemented
  9. unsuppleness
  10. unsuppliable
  11. unsupplicated

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