unsane

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ sane.

Adjective

unsane (comparative more unsane, superlative most unsane)

1. Not sane, as:
   2. (usually) Synonym of insane.
      • 2023, Vajra Chandrasekera, The Saint of Bright Doors, Solaris (2024), page 253:

        If only he didn’t feel so tired, so sick of everything, his father, this unsane country.

   4. (especially general semantics) In a state of maladaptive mental functioning that is not insane (that is, not mentally ill, or at least not clinically so) but is also not sane under a definition whereby sanity is highly adaptive cognition.

      Synonym: nonsane

      Coordinate term: insane

      • 2009, Karl Albrecht, Brain Power: Learn to Improve Your Thinking Skills, page 117:

        One of the hallmarks of maturity and personal adjustment, and an important difference between the highly sane person and the unsane person, is simply the conscious acceptance of responsibility for one's life.

Related terms

• unsanity

Anagrams

• Suanen