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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unfussy en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English un- English fuss Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English fussy English unfussy From un- + fussy.

Meanings

  1. Not fussy.
    • The fightback when it came was in the [Roger] Federer fashion: unfussy, filled with classy strokes from the back with perfectly timed interventions at the net that confounded his opponent. The third set passed in a bit of a blur, the fourth, which led to the second tie-break, was the most dramatic of the match. 2012 June 29, Kevin Mitchell, “Roger Federer back from Wimbledon 2012 brink to beat Julien Benneteau”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 15 Nov 2016:

Forms

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unfussiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
unfussier Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Deriveds

unfussiness · unfussily