Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not green; decaying.
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- adjective
Environmentally unfriendly . Harmful to or inconsiderate of the environment.
Etymologies
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Examples
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I have been to some "ungreen" green-certified hotels.
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GreenCells customers deter these devices from landfills and prevent them from being mined for metals in a very "ungreen" way.
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I am genuinely unclear as to exactly how 'ungreen' flying is?
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In fact, the only County ABC grade projects on the RPC list are distinctly "ungreen", unless there are phantom savings to replace a five year old roof.
IlliniPundit.com - Politics & Opinion from Champaign-Urbana 2009
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How 'ungreen', one wonders, can government policy get?
Joburg.org.za 2008
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But putting aside the ungreen side for a minute, this year's CES is serving up a whole range of products and conversations on how to reduce energy consumption or produce your own energy and of course how the business of Green Tech is evolving.
Tom Matzzie: CES 2011: Looking for Green Tech Tom Matzzie 2011
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Yes, that means that the female bugs will miss out on the joys of motherhood, but if the research proves successful, we may be able to eliminate a lot of the harmful and very ungreen chemicals that we currently use to keep food crops pest free.
Scientists Use Sex-Crazed Bugs as Alternative to Toxic Pesticides | Inhabitat 2010
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But putting aside the ungreen side for a minute, this year's CES is serving up a whole range of products and conversations on how to reduce energy consumption or produce your own energy and of course how the business of Green Tech is evolving.
Tom Matzzie: CES 2011: Looking for Green Tech Tom Matzzie 2011
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But putting aside the ungreen side for a minute, this year's CES is serving up a whole range of products and conversations on how to reduce energy consumption or produce your own energy and of course how the business of Green Tech is evolving.
Tom Matzzie: CES 2011: Looking for Green Tech Tom Matzzie 2011
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Since you have the cash, and because few things are as ungreen as banks, you buy a car.
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