unathletic

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adjective

Not athletic; lacking in athleticism.

OriginEnglish athletic ← Middle French athletique ← Latin āthlēticu →
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Meanings

adjectiveunathletic (comparative more unathletic, superlative most unathletic)

comparative more unathletic · superlative most unathletic

  1. Not athletic; lacking in athleticism.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂weh₁-
  9. Ancient Greekἆθλον (âthlon)
  10. Ancient Greekᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō)
  11. Ancient Greekἀθλητής (athlētḗs)
  12. Ancient Greekᾱ̓θλητῐκός (āthlētĭkós)
  13. Latināthlēticu
  14. Middle Frenchathletique
  15. Englishathletic
  16. Englishunathletic

From un- + athletic.

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

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Chicago

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