inappreciative
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- inappreciation noun
- inappreciatively adverb
- inappreciativeness noun
Etymology
Origin of inappreciative
First recorded in 1895–1900; in- 3 + appreciative
Example Sentences
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Wherefore let it be understood that in writing this study I have been speaking entirely for myself, and if any man think me misguided, inappreciative, hypercritical, frivolous, or anything else, why, he is welcome.
From G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study by West, Julius
He would rather ask too many questions than run the risk of seeming inappreciative.
From Children of the Wild by Roberts, Charles George Douglas, Sir
His discontent passed vapor-like through all her gentle loving manifestations, and clung to that inappreciative world which she had only brought nearer to him.
From Middlemarch by Eliot, George
Not all culture, however, is equally destructive and inappreciative.
From Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon by Muir, John
The loss is little to be regretted, since the biographical part of earlier memoirs must have been scanty, and the criticism inappreciative.
From Samuel Johnson by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
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