inappreciative en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in-bor. Middle English in- English in- English appreciate Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English appreciative English inappreciative From in- + appreciative.
Meanings
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unappreciative.
[…] he found Mr. Poulter, with a fixed and earnest eye, wasting the perfections of his sword-exercise on probably observant but inappreciative rats.
1860, George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, Book II, Chapter IV:She was the support and the terror of the pastor, punctual at meeting and critical of the girls in the choir and the pastor's wife's clothes, mighty in making flannels for the poor but inappreciative of their adulteries […]
1949, Sinclair Lewis, chapter 31, in The God-Seeker, New York: Popular Library, pages 171–2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more inappreciative | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most inappreciative | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |