unparticular

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌʌnpərˈtɪkjələr/ UK /ˌʌnpəˈtɪkjələ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not particular or fussy; indiscriminate

He was unparticular about where they ate dinner.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · not particular or fussy;... indiscriminateundemandingeasygoing careless casual

Opposites

particular fussy fastidious choosy

Word family

Related forms particular particularity

Etymology

From un- ('not') + particular, from Latin particularis ('concerning a part'), from particula ('small part'), diminutive of pars ('part').

un- Old English particula Latin pars Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# unparticular

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌʌnpərˈtɪkjələr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌʌnpəˈtɪkjələ/

## Meanings
1. not particular or fussy; indiscriminate

## Examples
- He was unparticular about where they ate dinner.

## Synonyms
- indiscriminate
- undemanding
- easygoing
- careless
- casual

## Antonyms
- particular
- fussy
- fastidious
- choosy

## Related Forms
- particular
- particularity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: particula
- Root: pars

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + particular, from Latin particularis ('concerning a part'), from particula ('small part'), diminutive of pars ('part').

## AI Etymology
Unparticular comes from un- ('not') + particular, from Latin particularis ('concerning a part'), from particula ('small part'), diminutive of pars ('part'). The historical chain includes Old English un-, Latin particula, and Latin pars. The quoted older senses, "not", "concerning a part", "small part", and "part", supply the semantic anchors for unparticular. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word unparticular carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "not particular or fussy; indiscriminate". Related English forms include particular and particularity. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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