Example sentences for: un-

How can you use “un-” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • MLS, in fact, is un-American, but not for those (wrong) reasons.

  • Returning to the city, in the almost inevitable haze, you see the astonishingly un-Chinese skyline of Shanghai, a mythical European metropolis transplanted to the Orient.

  • (Here I should explain that there is a fairly recent new tendency to give Spanish-surnamed babies jarringly un-Spanish first names, which results in such oddities as Loyd Martinez or Priscilla Chavez.

  • McGreevey here is the un-Whitman: He doesn't reek of old money, and he isn't a snob.

  • In a move that, from a lexicographic standpoint, is decidedly un-American, the government set up an official board to rule on and standardize the use of place names, both domestic and foreign.


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