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unteacherly

unteacherly adjective: not teacherly.

Adjective

unteacherly (comparative more unteacherly, superlative most unteacherly)

  1. Not teacherly.

Forms of unteacherly

comparativemore unteacherly
superlativemost unteacherly

Origin of unteacherly

From un- + teacherly.

Questions about unteacherly

What does unteacherly mean?
Unteacherly means not teacherly.
What part of speech is unteacherly?
Unteacherly is an adjective.

Words near unteacherly in the dictionary

  1. unteachableness
  2. unteachables
  3. unteachably
  4. unteacher
  5. unteacherlike
  6. unteacherly
  7. unteachers
  8. unteaches
  9. unteaching
  10. unteam
  11. unteamed

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