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unmanly

[ uhn-man-lee ]

adjective

unmanlier, unmanliest.
  1. not manly; not characteristic of or befitting a man; weak, timid, or cowardly.


unmanly

/ ÊŒ²Ôˈ³¾Ã¦²Ô±ôɪ /

adjective

  1. not masculine or virile
  2. ignoble, cowardly, or dishonourable
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ³Ü²Ôˈ³¾²¹²Ô±ô¾±²Ô±ð²õ²õ, noun
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ³Ü²Ô·³¾²¹²Ôl¾±Â·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of unmanly1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; un- 1, manly
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Refusing animal products is seen as "weaker, homosexual, and unmanly," according to vegan and vegetarian respondents to a 2023 survey.

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They were prejudiced against Jews, whom they viewed as clannish grinds — and unmanly, morally deficient, grasping and unattractive to boot.

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Billy Briggs’s “The Sissy Song,†released in 1951, proposed killing oneself as the adequate response to such unmanly habits as wearing the “pretty suede shoes that a lot of those sissies buy†and eating salad.

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“A lot of them just experienced what was required in school as being unmanly,†he said, most noticeably among young men whose parents were low-income or had not been to college.

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It might be unmanly, but he couldn’t help it, and I am glad of it.

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