unmountainous

moun·tain·ous

[moun-tn-uhs]
adjective
1.
abounding in mountains: a mountainous wilderness.
2.
of the nature of a mountain.
3.
resembling a mountain or mountains, as being very large and high: mountainous waves.

Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English mounteynous. See mountain, -ous

moun·tain·ous·ly, adverb
moun·tain·ous·ness, noun
non·moun·tain·ous, adjective
non·moun·tain·ous·ly, adverb
sem·i·moun·tain·ous, adjective
sem·i·moun·tain·ous·ly, adverb
un·moun·tain·ous, adjective
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mountainous (ˈmaʊntɪnəs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  of or relating to mountains: a mountainous region
2.  like a mountain, esp in size or impressiveness
 
'mountainously
 
adv
 
'mountainousness
 
n

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mountainous
c.1600, from Fr. montagneux, from V.L. *montaniosus, from *montanea (see mountain).
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