unpride

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noun

The lack or absence of pride; pridelessness; modesty; humility.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

noununpride (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe lack or absence of pride; pridelessness; modesty; humility.

    This will teach you unpride, unegotism, unselfishness.

    2007, John C. Wright, The Phoenix Exultant
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    They take pride in their unpride. It reflects their lack of status. Bottom of the android world, bottom of the bottom of the human world, and they know it, and they don't like it, and the squalor is like a badge of nonstatus for them.

    1970, Robert Silverberg, Tower of Glass

Origin

From un- (“lack or absence of”) + pride.

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APA

unpride. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpride

MLA

“unpride.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpride. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unpride,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unpride.

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