uncondescending

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adjective

Not condescending; free of condescension

OriginEnglish condescending ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 22
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Meanings

adjectiveuncondescending (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot condescending; free of condescension

    Neighborhood residents did indeed respond to this uncondescending assumption[…]

    1988 January 15, Harold Henderson, “To Feed the World at Our Doorstep...”, in Chicago Reader

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. Englishcondescending
  9. Englishuncondescending

From un- + condescending.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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