Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In zoology, not prominent; less prominent than usual; but little raised above the surface or advanced from a margin.
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Examples
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-- And who can dispense with prejudice long enough to admit that we are men, notwithstanding our _improminent noses_ and _woolly heads_, and believe that we feel for our fathers, mothers, wives and children as well as they do for theirs.
Walker's Appeal, with a Brief Sketch of His Life And Also Garnet's Address to the Slaves of the United States of America David Walker 1807
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And who can dispense with prejudice long enough to admit that we are men, notwithstanding our improminent noses and woolly heads, and believe that we feel for our fathers, mothers, wives and children as well as they do for theirs. ”
Walker's Appeal with a Brief Sketch of His Life Walker, David & Garnet, Henry Highland 1848
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