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  • adjective Not splendid.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ splendid

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Examples

  • And, there, deep below the caboodle of kitsch on ground level, is what makes Bab al-Azizia so deeply unsplendid: a bunker.

    From Hitler to Gaddafi: dictators and their bunkers 2011

  • And such unsplendid isolation is nothing new in British history.

    Who's in Charge Here, Anyway? Denis MacShane 2010

  • And such unsplendid isolation is nothing new in British history.

    Who's in Charge Here, Anyway? Denis MacShane 2010

  • And such unsplendid isolation is nothing new in British history.

    Who's in Charge Here, Anyway? Denis MacShane 2010

  • Today, Jerusalem, the apple of the eye of the Hashemite dynasty (the peace agreement assigns Jordan a "role" in the eastern part of the city), is about to go up in flames; Mahmoud Abbas, the man who was supposed to extricate Jordan and Egypt from the unsplendid isolation of Arab recognition of Israel, played the Goldstone report like a rookie; Hamas is celebrating Israel's release of 20 female Palestinian prisoners; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is breaking records in the opinion polls; and President Barack Obama is promising more than he is delivering.

    Hoopler - middleeast.org 2009

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