Meanings
adjectiveuntelegenic (comparative more untelegenic, superlative most untelegenic)
comparative more untelegenic · superlative most untelegenic
- Not telegenic
Then, finished with this last in a series of fly-around press conferences, his untelegenic features reddened from the cold, Simon quipped as he strolled to the car: "It's kind of nice and pleasant out here."
1988 February 5, David Moberg, “Jackson and Simon in Iowa”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishtelegenic
- Englishuntelegenic
Cite this entry
APA
untelegenic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untelegenic
MLA
“untelegenic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untelegenic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “untelegenic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/untelegenic.
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