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- adjective   Not 
feminine , notappropriate for a woman. 
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not suitable for a woman
 
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Examples
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But, such prices are hard to resist, and apparently this has started the downward trend in the way we dress: "cheap, convenient, ugly, immodest and unfeminine" is easier than sewing your own appropriate clothing.
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She would do nothing that could be thrown in her teeth; nothing that could be called unfeminine, indelicate, or undutiful.
Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Anthony Trollope 1848
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But being openly ambitious was considered unfeminine, and to be called unfeminine was the worst insult.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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But being openly ambitious was considered unfeminine, and to be called unfeminine was the worst insult.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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For every boy for whom competition is the only way to prove his masculinity, there is a girl who is called unfeminine when she competes.
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For every boy for whom competition is the only way to prove his masculinity, there is a girl who is called unfeminine when she competes.
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For every boy for whom competition is the only way to prove his masculinity, there is a girl who is called unfeminine when she competes.
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For every boy for whom competition is the only way to prove his masculinity, there is a girl who is called unfeminine when she competes.
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Because she's a female, and you consider it "unfeminine"?
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And I know that after menopause, estrogen levels decrease, which allows testosterone to take over, increasing the likelihood of baldness, "unfeminine" hair growth, etc.
Cat 'Aww!', woman as construct, crossdressing and Intersex/DSD issues Elizabeth McClung 2010
 
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