unsheeplike

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adjective

Not sheeplike.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

adjectiveunsheeplike (comparative more unsheeplike, superlative most unsheeplike)

comparative more unsheeplike · superlative most unsheeplike

  1. 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 life
    1 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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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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