unpaternaladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnpəˈtəːnl/, U.S. /ˌənpəˈtərn(ə)l/ Not paternal (paternal adj. 1a); not befitting or characteristic of a father.
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1769 Town & Country Mag. Aug. 410/2 A few severe reflections against his father, which his unpaternal behaviour had extorted from him.
1785 C. Macklin Man of World iv. 57 I am sure you will not be pleased with yourself for this unpaternal passion.
1847 A. Strickland Lives Queens Eng. XI. ix. 260 The prediction of the legal sage has indeed been fearfully verified, owing to the acts of this unpaternal reign.
1870 Temple Bar May 281 ‘D—n the children!’ was the unpaternal reply.
1959 J. C. Miller A. Hamilton i. 4 Hamilton forgave his father this unpaternal neglect because James Hamilton, with all his faults, represented a link with the aristocratic world.
2002 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 Apr. 7 He took nothing seriously ever and was a huge laugh to be around, which was slightly unsettling because he was so unpaternal.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1769- intragenic
- intraglacial
- intraglandular
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- intragovernmental
- intragroup
- intragyral
- intrahepatic
- intrahepatic cholestasis
- intraimperial
- intralamellar
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- intralinguistic
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- intralobular bile-vessels
- intralobular bilevessels
- intralocular
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