unvegan
unvegan adjective: not vegan.
Adjective
unvegan (comparative more unvegan, superlative most unvegan)
- Not vegan.
- Lactic acid: a byproduct of both animal and plant metabolism, so it’s not always unvegan; found in some fermented foods and body care products.2008, Jae Steele, Get It Ripe: A Fresh Take on Vegan Cooking and Living, Arsenal Pulp Press, →ISBN
- Since “steak knife” sounds really “unvegan” we'll call it the “seitan knife” for now.2009, Alicia C. Simpson, Quick & Easy Vegan Comfort Food: Over 150 Great-Tasting, Down-Home Recipes and 65 Everyday Meal Ideas for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner, New York, N.Y.: The Experiment, →ISBN...
- Synonyms:
- nonvegan
Examples of unvegan in a sentence
- Although the chips weren’t unvegan, they were unhealthy.2016, Joseph J. Luciani, “Why You Crave Food, and What You Can Do About It”, in Thin from Within: The Powerful Self-Coaching Program for...
- They want to be as unvegan as possible when this argument is used.2017, Eric C. Lindstrom, The Skeptical Vegan: My Journey from Notorious Meat Eater to Tofu-Munching Vegan—A Survival Guide, Skyhorse...
- She hoped her dad wouldn’t insist on them dining together tonight, because she wanted to drown her sorrows in a big, very unhealthy, very unvegan chocolate milkshake.2017, Rachel Grant, Tinderbox (Flashpoint Series), Janus Publishing, →ISBN:
- Many of the classics are steeped in so much cultural history and tradition about meat, milk, and eggs, and most authors naturally carry these unvegan messages into their own recent works.2018, Eric C. Lindstrom, The Smart Parent’s Guide to Raising Vegan Kids: Lessons for Littles in Plant-Based Eating and Compassionate...
Synonyms of unvegan
Forms of unvegan
| comparative | more unvegan |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unvegan |
| alternative form | un-vegan |
Origin of unvegan
From un- + vegan.
Questions about unvegan
- What does unvegan mean?
- Unvegan means not vegan.
- How do you use unvegan in a sentence?
- Although the chips weren’t unvegan, they were unhealthy.
- What part of speech is unvegan?
- Unvegan is an adjective.
Words near unvegan in the dictionary
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