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Definition of unkeen in English: unkeenadjective ʌnˈkiːn 1Not eager or enthusiastic. Reg was decidedly unkeen on sharing the spotlight Example sentencesExamples - I was unkeen on this name until a friend named their daughter it a couple of years ago and now it's really grown on me.
- I awoke to rain and was unkeen on going to uni, but I did.
- I wandered over slowly, unkeen to put myself between the two combatants.
- Mr Wilson's recollection is that he was very unkeen on you signing it.
- If it hadn't been for the gravity of the situation, he'd have been pretty unkeen.
- The White House had hoped to force through a package before the summer recess begins, but that has come undone at the hands of a Democratic majority unkeen to be rushed.
- I'm very unkeen on those percentages, they're sort of meaningless.
- Unkeen on doing live performance on air, Crosby was an early advocate of pre-recording shows.
- He told the programme that Downing Street appears "unkeen" for him to have a meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss the issues.
- The tech was unkeen to help and wasn't swayed by my bribe.
2Not sharp or penetrating; blunt. it's very dangerous to cut with an unkeen knife Example sentencesExamples - Sarcasm was once again laced into her voice, although to unkeen ears it could have gone unrecognized.
- An unkeen blade will make you want to muscle through the shave and this unwanted pressure can be razing.
- Unkeen senses sometimes pay off where honor is concerned.
- An obstetrician was able to explain my unkeen sense of vision.
- In a second they were gone, gone into thick woods along a trail so narrow that an unkeen eye might never have noted it.
Synonyms blunt, blunted, not sharp, unsharpened, dulled, edgeless, worn down |