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untelegenic

untelegenic adjective: not telegenic.

Adjective

untelegenic (comparative more untelegenic, superlative most untelegenic)

  1. Not telegenic
    • Then, finished with this last in a series of fly-around press conferences, his untelegenic features reddened from the cold, Simon quipped as he strolled to the car: "It's kind of nice and pleasant out here."1988 February 5, David Moberg, “Jackson and Simon in Iowa”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of untelegenic

comparativemore untelegenic
superlativemost untelegenic

Origin of untelegenic

From un- + telegenic.

Questions about untelegenic

What does untelegenic mean?
Untelegenic means not telegenic.
What part of speech is untelegenic?
Untelegenic is an adjective.

Words near untelegenic in the dictionary

  1. untedded
  2. untedious
  3. unteeming
  4. unteethed
  5. unteetotal
  6. untelegenic
  7. untelegraphed
  8. unteleological
  9. untelephoned
  10. unteleported
  11. unteleprompted

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