unsheeplike
English
Etymology
un- + sheeplike
Adjective
unsheeplike (comparative more unsheeplike, superlative most unsheeplike)
- Not sheeplike.
- 1999, Adam Nicolson, Perch Hill: a new life
- Then another ewe started to behave in a way that was most unsheeplike and, for a while anyway, I thought it rather impressive.
- 2001, Roberta A. MacAvoy, Lens of the World
- I went barefoot to the practice field: six enclosed acres of coarse grass, chewed earth, and horse droppings, where a few unkempt sheep wandered, badly shorn and painted in unsheeplike colors each year by teams of students.
- 1999, Adam Nicolson, Perch Hill: a new life