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unbushlike en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + bush + -like.

Meanings

1. Not typical of what is found in the bush.
   • Near Georgetow, a 30-minute charter flight away from Ogle Airport are two decidedly unbushlike lodgings. 1996, Condé Nast's Traveler - Volume 31, page 162:
   • None of us relished the idea of these great cats using our camp as a thoroughfare, so the best we could do was to bang loudly on the metal sides of the Land-Rover. The unbushlike sounds brought about one of the most comical sights we had seen. 1966, Desmond Varaday, Gara-Yaka's domain, page 138:
   • It was most unbushlike and positively unAlaskan. 1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 4:

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