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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unslick en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English slick English unslick From un- + slick.

Meanings

  1. Not slick; not polished or fancy.
    • And here in the penthouse offices of Senator Entertainment, Bret Easton Ellis, another symbol of those super-slick times, is sprawled in a soft chair, wearing decidedly unslick running shoes and sweats. 2009 January 13, Michael Cieply, “Injecting a Taste of the Flush and Flashy ’80s Into Sundance”, in New York Times:

Forms

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more unslick Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most unslick Degree=Sup lexicographic