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Meaning of unsleek | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR B1
ˈʌnˈsliːk

Definitions

Not sleek, the opposite of sleek; rough.

Examples

“Then she that saw him lying unsleek, unshorn, Gaunt as it were the skeleton of himself, Uttered a little tender dolorous cry.”
“Bruce Nauman uses neon not to advertise a product or service but to make absurd or insulting proclamations, and his fiberglass is heavy and unsleek.”
“Photographs of the unsleek, inland-dwelling and mostly male clique that, with various cast shifts, has developed the Onion sensibility over 20 years, beginning at the University of Wisconsin, reveal a Midwestern chain gang that seems to know exactly what they’re about.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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