unambivalent

adjective

un·​am·​biv·​a·​lent ˌən-am-ˈbi-və-lənt How to pronounce unambivalent (audio)
unambivalently adverb

Examples of unambivalent in a Sentence

that comment is an unambivalent insult
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And the idea of transcontinental race doesn’t inspire the same unambivalent excitement any more. John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 22 Oct. 2021 There are no poets or prophets among the emotionally wounded; there’s only redemption through violence and a sense of grim, fierce, unambiguous, unambivalent, purely partisan purpose. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1945, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of unambivalent was in 1945

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“Unambivalent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unambivalent. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.

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