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untenured

untenured adjective: lacking tenure (permanence at an academic job).

Adjective

untenured (not comparable)

  1. Lacking tenure (permanence at an academic job).
    Antonyms:
    tenured

Antonyms of untenured

Origin of untenured

From un- + tenured.

Questions about untenured

What does untenured mean?
Untenured means lacking tenure (permanence at an academic job).
What part of speech is untenured?
Untenured is an adjective.

Words near untenured in the dictionary

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

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