ungain

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English

Etymology

From Middle English ungain, ungayn, ungein, equivalent to un- +‎ gain (“suitable; convenient”). See ungainly.

Adjective

ungain (comparative more ungain, superlative most ungain)

  1. (obsolete or UK, dialect) ungainly; clumsy; awkward
  2. (obsolete or UK, dialect) troublesome; inconvenient

Derived terms

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “ungain”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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