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untenacious

untenacious adjective: not tenacious.

Adjective

untenacious (comparative more untenacious, superlative most untenacious)

  1. Not tenacious.

Forms of untenacious

comparativemore untenacious
superlativemost untenacious

Origin of untenacious

From un- + tenacious.

Questions about untenacious

What does untenacious mean?
Untenacious means not tenacious.
What part of speech is untenacious?
Untenacious is an adjective.

Words near untenacious in the dictionary

  1. untenabilities
  2. untenability
  3. untenable
  4. untenableness
  5. untenably
  6. untenacious
  7. untenacity
  8. untenant
  9. untenantability
  10. untenantable
  11. untenantableness

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