unbibliophilic

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ bibliophilic.

Adjective

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unbibliophilic (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Not bibliophilic.
    • 1925, Edwin Beresford Chancellor, Literary diversions:
      [...] those pencilled M notes of exclamation or " obstinate questionings " — never fated to be answered, it would seem ; those vacuous remarks, spoiling the fair margins of a book like a dead fly, shut up between their imprisoning walls untimely, or a dried leaf placed there by the deliberate villainy of some unbibliophilic reader.
    • 1932, Norman L. Dodge, The Month at Goodspeed's:
      [...] TT seems unbibliophilic, if not downright unchristian, to [...]
    • 1981, Antiquarian Book Monthly Review:
      The degrading and repulsive part, the unbibliophilic acts in the British Museum and other libraries, are not part of the assessment of the importance of An Enquiry.