un-pathetic

adjective

Not pathetic.

Meanings

adjectiveun-pathetic (comparative more un-pathetic, superlative most un-pathetic)

comparative more un-pathetic · superlative most un-pathetic · alternative unpathetic

  1. Not pathetic.

    Listening to George Jones unpack his mistakes and shortcomings was a distraction from your own mistakes and shortcomings; here is a man who is just as pathetic as you are in your worst moments, and yet you’ll never be as un-pathetic in those times as he was.

    2013 April 26, Steven Hyden, “R.I.P., George Jones: Hard-Living, Hard-Drinking Country Music Legend”, in Grantland

Origin

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APA

un-pathetic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/un-pathetic

MLA

“un-pathetic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/un-pathetic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “un-pathetic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/un-pathetic.

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