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untenty

untenty adjective: inattentive; clumsy; incautious.

Adjective

untenty (comparative more untenty, superlative most untenty)

  1. (Scotland) Inattentive; clumsy; incautious.
    • "The cursed Highland salvages!" muttered the captain, half aloud; "what is to become of me, if Gustavus, the namesake of the invincible Lion of the Protestant League, should be lamed among their untenty hands?"1819, Walter Scott, A Legend of Montrose
    • I have told you already I would never be so untenty as to commit myself.1893, Robert Louis Stevenson, Catriona

Forms of untenty

comparativemore untenty
superlativemost untenty

Questions about untenty

What does untenty mean?
Untenty means inattentive; clumsy; incautious.
What part of speech is untenty?
Untenty is an adjective.

Words near untenty in the dictionary

  1. untentacled
  2. untented
  3. untentered
  4. untenting
  5. untents
  6. untenty
  7. untenuous
  8. untenured
  9. unterfirer
  10. unterfirers
  11. Untergrainau

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