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单词 unadmirable
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unadmirableadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, admirable adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + admirable adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈadmirable.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [adjective] > not worthy of respect > not admirable
unadmirable1853
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice III. ii. 34 That the antagonistic Renaissance is, in the main, unworthy and unadmirable,..it was my principal purpose to show.
1867 T. Carlyle Reminisc. (1881) I. 218 Very sumptuous, very cockneyish, strange and unadmirable to me.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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