unrubbish en · ADJ
Etymology
un- + rubbish
Meanings
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(UK, colloquial) Not rubbish; good or acceptable.
[…] they manage to land someone decidedly unrubbish to spend their lives with.
2009, Paul Robert Smith, Up a Tree in the Park at Night with a Hedgehog, page 24:So that's why I just sent a rubbish little nothing-note (not to be confused with the very unrubbish Notes with a big N).
2020, Inky Willis, Magical Muddles: Book 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unrubbish | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unrubbish | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |