unministerlike

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ minister +‎ -like

Adjective[edit]

unministerlike (comparative more unministerlike, superlative most unministerlike)

  1. Not appropriate for or characteristic of a minister.
    • 1989, Edie Claire, Borrowed Time:
      “Are you always like this?” she asked. His eyebrows arched. “Like what?” “So... unministerlike.”
    • 2012, Mallory Rush, Just a Little Sin, →ISBN:
      He smiled a very smug, unministerlike smile.
    • 2012, D. B. Jackson, Thieftaker, →ISBN:
      “Damn!” the minister said, sounding very unministerlike.