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ungood.

Not good; bad.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˌʌnˈɡʊd/UK
  1. Not good; bad.

  2. Those who are not good; the wicked, evil, or bad.

    in-plural
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ungod, from Old English ungōd, equivalent to un- (“not”) + good (adjective). Popularised by its appearance in Newspeak, a fictional language coined in Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949), a dystopian novel by George Orwell.

noun/ˈʌnˌɡʊd/UK
  1. Lack or absence of good; goodlessness; bad

    rare · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English ungod (“evil”), equivalent to un- (“lack of”) + good (noun). Cognate with German Low German Ungood (“bad, evil”), German Ungüte (“ungood”).

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