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UNMANNERED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unmannered mean?
• UNMANNERED (adjective)
The adjective UNMANNERED has 2 senses:
1. socially incorrect in behavior
2. without artificiality; natural
Familiarity information: UNMANNERED used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Socially incorrect in behavior
Synonyms:
bad-mannered; ill-mannered; rude; unmannered; unmannerly
Context example:
resentment flared at such an unmannered intrusion
Similar:
impolite (not polite)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Without artificiality; natural
Context example:
the doctor's quiet unmannered entry
Similar:
unaffected (free of artificiality; sincere and genuine)
Context examples
Some of them are unmannered, rough, intractable, as well as ignorant; but others are docile, have a wish to learn, and evince a disposition that pleases me.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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