unvoracious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ʌnvɔˈreɪʃəs/ UK /ʌnvəˈreɪʃəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

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adj
not greedy or insatiable; lacking voracity

An unvoracious reader, she savored a single book for weeks.

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Synonyms

1 adj · not greedy or insatiable;... abstemious moderate temperate restrained satisfied

Opposites

voracious greedy insatiable ravenous

Word family

Related forms voracious voracity devour

Etymology

From un- ('not') plus voracious, from Latin vorax ('greedy, ravenous'), from vorāre ('to devour, swallow').

un- Old English vorāre Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# unvoracious

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

## Meanings
1. not greedy or insatiable; lacking voracity

## Examples
- An unvoracious reader, she savored a single book for weeks.

## Synonyms
- abstemious
- moderate
- temperate
- restrained
- satisfied

## Antonyms
- voracious
- greedy
- insatiable
- ravenous

## Related Forms
- voracious
- voracity
- devour

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

## Etymology
From un- ('not') plus voracious, from Latin vorax ('greedy, ravenous'), from vorāre ('to devour, swallow').

## AI Etymology
Unvoracious comes from un- ('not') plus voracious, from Latin vorax ('greedy, ravenous'), from vorāre ('to devour, swallow'). In current use it is an adjective meaning "not greedy or insatiable; lacking voracity". That sense is explained by the older material without requiring a speculative semantic step: the inherited or borrowed base supplies the field of meaning, while the English formation fixes its modern role. The prefix un- is negative or privative, marking the absence, denial, or opposite of the base idea. The surface form is compositional: its joined elements remain visible in the modern word. The historical chain includes Old English un- and Latin vorāre. Related English forms include voracious, voracity, and devour. As a result, the modern word is best read as a negative, privative, or reversative formation built on a historically older base.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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