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unprecious en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + precious.

Meanings

  1. Not precious.
    • But other designers have done the same, notably John Galliano and Rick Owens, in a very similar style. Mr. Theyskens may have wanted loose dresses and tops in mauve and lilac-gray silk to look indistinct, his rough jackets and blousons to seem worn and unprecious. 2007 October 8, Cathy Horyn, “McQueen at Full, Fabulous Tilt”, in New York Times:

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more unprecious Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unprecious Degree=Sup lexicographic