unrubbish

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adjective

Not rubbish; good or acceptable.

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Meanings

adjectiveunrubbish (comparative more unrubbish, superlative most unrubbish)

comparative more unrubbish · superlative most unrubbish

  1. UKcolloquialNot rubbish; good or acceptable.

    […] they manage to land someone decidedly unrubbish to spend their lives with.

    2009, Paul Robert Smith, Up a Tree in the Park at Night with a Hedgehog, page 24
    1 more example

    So that's why I just sent a rubbish little nothing-note (not to be confused with the very unrubbish Notes with a big N).

    2020, Inky Willis, Magical Muddles: Book 2

Origin

un- + rubbish

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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