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  • adjective Not regal; particularly, not appropriate for a royal.

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un- +‎ regal

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Examples

  • Her parents met while both working in decidedly unregal positions at BA – he was a flight dispatcher, she was a stewardess.

    Willie Walsh hopes British Airways will have a harmonious future with Iberia – and Unite Andrew Clark 2010

  • "Of all the ..." muttered the princess, several decidedly unregal lines appearing on her forehead.

    The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998

  •     "Of all the ..." muttered the princess, several decidedly unregal lines appearing on her forehead.

    The Brothers' War Grubb, Jeff 1998

  • Covered from the ribs down in a packing of green-gray mud and pieces of what looked like dried straw, the Princess appeared decidedly unregal.

    Splinter Of The Mind's Eye Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1978

  • Covered from the ribs down in a packing of green-gray mud and pieces of what looked like dried straw, the Princess appeared decidedly unregal.

    Splinter Of The Mind's Eye Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1978

  • Wilt thou set the crown upon her unregal head, invest her with the royal robes, and yield thy homage to a scowl and a bitter word?

    The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Elizabeth Miller

  • When the door on the other side of the room closed behind his unregal figure, Bors turned to Morgan.

    Talents, Incorporated Murray Leinster 1935

  • Britons, but carefully wedged in between two generals of his own army and flanked by a minister of police, a minister of the treasury and a minister of war, all of whom were excessively bored by the contest and more or less appalled by his unregal enthusiasm.

    The Prince of Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • But the crowd cheered itself hoarse over this bright-faced youngster who rode by in a coach of gold and brandished a singularly unregal chapeau.

    The Prince of Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897

  • Some of her expressions were distinctly unregal and some of her slips were hopeless, as she viewed them in retrospect.

    Beverly of Graustark George Barr McCutcheon 1897

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