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Meaning of "unzealous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNZEALOUS

unzealous  [ʌnˈzɛləs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNZEALOUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unzealous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNZEALOUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unzealous in the English dictionary

The definition of unzealous in the dictionary is unenthusiastic.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNZEALOUS


bucellas
buːˈsɛləs
entellus
ɛnˈtɛləs
Hellas
ˈhɛləs
jealous
ˈdʒɛləs
Marcellus
mɑːˈsɛləs
nucellus
njuːˈsɛləs
ocellus
ɒˈsɛləs
overzealous
ˌəʊvəˈzɛləs
Tellus
ˈtɛləs
unjealous
ʌnˈdʒɛləs
varicellous
ˌværɪˈsɛləs
vitellus
vɪˈtɛləs
zealous
ˈzɛləs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNZEALOUS

unwrapped
unwrapping
unwreaked
unwreathe
unwrinkle
unwrite
unwritten
unwritten law
unwrought
unwrung
unyeaned
unyielding
unyieldingly
unyieldingness
unyoke
unyoung
unzip
unzipped
unzipping
unzoned

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNZEALOUS

acephalous
anomalous
antipetalous
antisepalous
autocephalous
bicephalous
bipetalous
brachycephalous
episepalous
macrocephalous
mesaticephalous
mesocephalous
microcephalous
monopetalous
monosepalous
octopetalous
ridiculous
scandalous
scaphocephalous
synsepalous
tripetalous

Synonyms and antonyms of unzealous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unzealous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNZEALOUS

Find out the translation of unzealous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unzealous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unzealous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unzealous
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

unzealous
570 millions of speakers

English

unzealous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unzealous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unzealous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unzealous
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unzealous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unzealous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unzealous
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Unzealous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unzealous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unzealous
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unzealous
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Unzealous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

unzealous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unzealous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधार्मिक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unzealous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unzealous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unzealous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unzealous
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unzealous
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unzealous
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unzealous
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unzealous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unzealous
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unzealous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNZEALOUS»

The term «unzealous» is normally little used and occupies the 150.801 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNZEALOUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unzealous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unzealous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unzealous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNZEALOUS»

Discover the use of unzealous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unzealous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Glorious Provision. Practical Steps to God's Abundance Blessing
No one recognize unzealous man because he will never bring his dream, vision and passion to accomplishment. So you must be passionate if you want to actualize your goals in life. There is unbeatable dynamo called the force of zeal. Zeal is ...
Bilson Kings, 2006
2
Comfortable Words: Polity, Piety and the Book of Common Prayer
Cummings refers to Cranmer as 'a determined but temperamentally unzealous Reformer'.13 Not only was Cranmer an unzealous Reformer, he was also eclectic in gathering from his various sources, which is partially what helped the English ...
Stephen Platten, Christopher Woods, 2012
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The Christian reformer; or, Unitarian magazine and review ...
But the speech of speeches was that of Mr. Porter, which, although almost an impromptu, was alike instructive for its matter and admirable for its eloquence and energy. Unitarianism remarked by him to be an unzealous because a charitable ...
Robert Aspland, 1858
4
The Works of Jeremy Bentham, Now First Collected
As for my own-—my own afl'air,—I mean the castle in the air— “ 'Tis now as whilom might be sung, adherentstuck, suspended-hung ; cob'rdinate as well as subordinate persons, well affected, and not unzealous, but the grand and universal ...
Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring, 1842
5
A memoir of the late Rev. George Armstrong ...: with ...
Unitarianism remarked by him to be an unzealous because a charitable religion ; but by a masterly turn this able speaker shewed that this itself should be a cause of noblest zeal and energy, in order to spread through society a religion so full ...
Robert Henderson, 1859
6
The Lancet
... degree of support which my register proves to be no empty boast; after passing my best and most vigorous days as an independent, but I trust not unzealous, lecturer within its walls, I ought not to have been subjected to unworthy treatment.
‎1835
7
The Island Under the Earth
Unzealous. But guide. It was in vain that he had pointed out as landmark a cluster of three hills, just past which the true woods of the half-hills began, and through which (he declared upon his priestly honor, binding himself to be sundered and ...
Avram Davidson, 2013
8
Confucian China and its Modern Fate: Volume One: The Problem ...
And nothing hadhappened sociallyto make the Chinese literati either unableor unzealous toguard theiramateur standing. They wereofthetypeof humanistic gentleman, whose characteristicquest isthe mastery ofanalready ordered culture,  ...
Joseph R. Levenson, 2013
9
Rolf in the Woods: The Adventures of a Boy Scout with Indian ...
made a personal charge against myself, and with much bitterness I am held up as unzealous for allowing such a nefarious stronghold of Satan to continue on mine own demesne, and harbour one, escaped, as it were, from grace. Acting ...
Ernest Thompson Seton, 2013
10
Patrons of Enlightenment: The Free Economic Society in ...
... “Our peasants [are] . . . lazy, stubborn, unzealous, spiteful, and inclined to deceit and brigandage . . . Since [they] are born and raised in slavery and ignorance, they require coercion and restriction to be contained.” If the Society really wanted ...
Colum Leckey, 2011

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNZEALOUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unzealous is used in the context of the following news items.
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Malcolm Turnbull: The switched on member for mobile media
“They try to paint me as a zealot, when in reality I am so unzealous on technology it is not funny; I am totally agnostic and in favour of whatever works. Whatever ... «The Australian Financial Review, Aug 12»
2
Between Obama and the Press
The article I wrote poked gentle fun at Obama for his and Gibbs's zealous efforts to show how unzealous Obama was being about climbing the ladder. “Jeez ... «New York Times, Dec 08»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Unzealous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/unzealous>. Apr 2024 ».
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