inaffectionate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From in- + affectionate.
Adjective
[edit]inaffectionate (comparative more inaffectionate, superlative most inaffectionate)
- (rare) Synonym of unaffectionate
- 1990, Han Soo-san, translated by Kim Seong-kon, Floating Grass, Seoul: Dong-suh-Munhuk-sa, Inc., page 86:
- You said that I was a fellow incapable of being affectionate. Yes, I'm inaffectionate. You said it, mister.
References
[edit]- “inaffectionate, adj.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.