unslick

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adjective

Not slick; not polished or fancy.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveunslick (comparative more unslick, superlative most unslick)

comparative more unslick · superlative most unslick

  1. Not slick; not polished or fancy.

    And here in the penthouse offices of Senator Entertainment, Bret Easton Ellis, another symbol of those super-slick times, is sprawled in a soft chair, wearing decidedly unslick running shoes and sweats.

    2009 January 13, Michael Cieply, “Injecting a Taste of the Flush and Flashy ’80s Into Sundance”, in New York Times

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. Englishslick
  9. Englishunslick

From un- + slick.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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