unadjacentadj.
/ˌʌnəˈdʒeɪsnt/, U.S. /ˌənəˈdʒeɪs(ə)nt/ In predicative use: not adjacent. Usually in colloquial and jocular phrase not unadjacent to (a particular sum, etc.): that is (reportedly) in the region of, quite close to. Cf. not a hundred miles from at hundred n. and adj. 2b.
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the world > relative properties > quantity > approximate quantity or amount > approximately (an amount) [phrase]
plus minus1611
or soa1616
a matter of1645
there or (and) thereaboutsa1696
the matter of1829
somewhere about1846
in the neighbourhood of1847
in the region of1865
of the order of1903
give or take1958
not unadjacent to1966
1966 in Random House Dict. Eng. Lang.
1982 D. Francis Banker 85 The buying price, all the papers said, was ‘not unadjacent to five million pounds’.
1986 Daily Tel. 16 Aug. 15/1 His job with the Industrial Society..commands a salary not unadjacent to £50,000.
1991 Private Eye 19 July 11/1 In return for a salary not unadjacent to £75,000, she has to write a page in the Daily Mirror once a week.
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