un-English
Americanadjective
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not English; not characteristic of the English.
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not conforming to standard, accepted, or native English language usage.
Example Sentences
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Those of us laboring in academia are not surprised that such un-English phrases show up in a book, even one printed by the prominent publisher W. W. Norton & Company.
From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2022
This sort of weapon, she says, is “unsportsmanlike, it is un-English, and it is in very poor taste.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 20, 2017
But that did not stop a Czech minister joking about the decidedly un-English dinner menu, unless you count the strawberries for dessert.
From BBC • Jun. 28, 2016
The first extract was the opening of Amis's as yet unpublished Money, bursting on the reader with a linguistic verve and lexical daring that seemed almost un-English.
From The Guardian • Feb. 25, 2011
Lassigny was very stiff now, and entirely un-English in manner, and even in appearance.
From Abington Abbey A Novel by Marshall, Archibald
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