Meanings
comparative more unsheeplike · superlative most unsheeplike
- Not sheeplike.
Then another ewe started to behave in a way that was most unsheeplike and, for a while anyway, I thought it rather impressive.
1999, Adam Nicolson, Perch Hill: a new life1 more example
I went barefoot to the practice field: six enclosed acres of coarse grass, chewed earth, and horse droppings, where a few unkempt sheep wandered, badly shorn and painted in unsheeplike colors each year by teams of students.
2001, Roberta A. MacAvoy, Lens of the World
Origin
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unsheeplike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unsheeplike
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