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unsheeplike en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + sheeplike.

Meanings

1. Not sheeplike.
   • Then another ewe started to behave in a way that was most unsheeplike and, for a while anyway, I thought it rather impressive. 1999, Adam Nicolson, Perch Hill: a new life:
   • I went barefoot to the practice field: six enclosed acres of coarse grass, chewed earth, and horse droppings, where a few unkempt sheep wandered, badly shorn and painted in unsheeplike colors each year by teams of students. 2001, Roberta A. MacAvoy, Lens of the World:

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