What does unaffectionate mean?
Unaffectionate means Not affectionate; dispassionate..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Not affectionate; dispassionate..
She was the granddaughter of the German Jewish banking magnate Jacob H. Schiff and was raised by a distant, unaffectionate mother so filled with assimilationist anxiety that she refused to let her daughter attend the debutante balls of other Jewish girls.
Use unaffectionate when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Unaffectionate means Not affectionate; dispassionate..
Common synonyms include uncaring, unloving.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
She was the granddaughter of the German Jewish banking magnate Jacob H. Schiff and was raised by a distant, unaffectionate mother so filled with assimilationist anxiety that she refused to let her daughter attend the debutante balls of other Jewish girls.
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