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un-english

[uhn-ing-glish] Origin

un-Eng·lish

[uhn-ing-glish]
adjective
1.
not English; not characteristic of the English.
2.
not conforming to standard, accepted, or native English language usage.
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un-English
"lacking in qualities regarded as typically English," 1633, from un- (1) "not" + English (1).
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