Meanings
comparative more unbushlike · superlative most unbushlike
- Not typical of what is found in the bush.
It was most unbushlike and positively unAlaskan.
1992, Dana Stabenow, A Cold Day for Murder, →ISBN, page 42 more examples
None of us relished the idea of these great cats using our camp as a thoroughfare, so the best we could do was to bang loudly on the metal sides of the Land-Rover. The unbushlike sounds brought about one of the most comical sights we had seen.
1966, Desmond Varaday, Gara-Yaka's domain, page 138Near Georgetow, a 30-minute charter flight away from Ogle Airport are two decidedly unbushlike lodgings.
1996, Condé Nast's Traveler - Volume 31, page 162
Origin
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