un-pathetic en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + pathetic.
Meanings
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Not pathetic.
Listening to George Jones unpack his mistakes and shortcomings was a distraction from your own mistakes and shortcomings; here is a man who is just as pathetic as you are in your worst moments, and yet you’ll never be as un-pathetic in those times as he was.
2013 April 26, Steven Hyden, “R.I.P., George Jones: Hard-Living, Hard-Drinking Country Music Legend”, in Grantland:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| unpathetic | alternative | lexicographic | |
| more un-pathetic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most un-pathetic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |