unsingular

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnˈsɪŋɡjələr/ UK /ʌnˈsɪŋɡjələ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
not singular; ordinary or unremarkable

His career was steady but quite unsingular.

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Etymology

From un- ('not') + singular, from Old French singuler, from Latin singularis ('single, alone'), from singulus ('single, one each').

un- Old English singulus Latin

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# unsingular

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

## Meanings
1. not singular; ordinary or unremarkable

## Examples
- His career was steady but quite unsingular.

## Synonyms
- ordinary
- unremarkable
- commonplace
- unexceptional
- average

## Antonyms
- singular
- remarkable
- exceptional
- unique

## Related Forms
- singular
- singularity

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: un-
- Root: singulus

## Etymology
From un- ('not') + singular, from Old French singuler, from Latin singularis ('single, alone'), from singulus ('single, one each').

## AI Etymology
Unsingular comes from un- ('not') + singular, from Old French singuler, from Latin singularis ('single, alone'), from singulus ('single, one each'). The historical chain includes Old English un- and Latin singulus. The quoted older senses, "not", "single, alone", and "single, one each", supply the semantic anchors for unsingular. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word unsingular carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "not singular; ordinary or unremarkable". Related English forms include singular and singularity. 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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