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unwhite

unwhite adjective: not white.

Adjective

unwhite (not comparable)

  1. (uncommon) Not white.
    • Race Traitor was an attempt to run the film backwards, to explore how people who had been brought up as white might become unwhite.2019 November 12, Sewell Chan, quoting Noel Ignatiev, “Noel Ignatiev, scholar who called for abolishing whiteness, dies at 78”, in Los Angeles Times

Noun

unwhite (plural unwhites)

  1. (nonstandard, rare) Synonym of nonwhite.
    Synonyms:
    nonwhite

Synonyms of unwhite

Forms of unwhite

pluralunwhites

Origin of unwhite

From un- + white.

Questions about unwhite

What does unwhite mean?
Unwhite means not white.
What part of speech is unwhite?
Unwhite can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near unwhite in the dictionary

  1. unwhisperables
  2. unwhispered
  3. unwhispering
  4. unwhistleable
  5. unwhistled
  6. unwhite
  7. unwhited
  8. unwhitelisted
  9. unwhitened
  10. unwhites
  11. unwhitewashed

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