unmuscular

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adjective

Not muscular; weak, puny, wimpy.

OriginEnglish muscular ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunmuscular (comparative more unmuscular, superlative most unmuscular)

comparative more unmuscular · superlative most unmuscular

  1. Not muscular; weak, puny, wimpy.
  2. figurativelyNot robust or strong.

    [H]e kept saying, over and over: "I forgive him. He is still my brother. It is proper to forgive those who revile us," somewhat like an unmuscular Christian.

    1959, Anthony Burgess, Beds in the East (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 413

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. Englishmuscular
  9. Englishunmuscular

From un- + muscular.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with unmuscular

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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