unsmall

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ small.

Adjective

unsmall (comparative more unsmall, superlative most unsmall)

  1. (nonstandard or humorous) Not small; large.
    • 1959 September 21, “Stories of the Week”, in Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News, volume 88, number 3, Detroit, M.I.: Business News Publishing Co., page 1:
      Bill parked at a drive-in beside a big Buick. Its lone occupant, an unsmall woman, looked over and down at the sardined Simea, and grinned broadly.
    • 1973 January 30, Scott Kaufer, “A Mini-Versailles for Film Makers”, in World, volume 2, number 3, New York, N.Y.: World Magazine, Inc., page 87, column 2:
      Jeremy Kagan, twenty-six, is proud owner of a Harvard degree (Phi Beta Kappa), a beard (brown and bushy), and an unsmall ego (amply justified).
    • 1993, Jonathan Taylor, editor, Let's Go: The Budget Guide to London, 1993, New York, N.Y.: St. Martin's Press, →ISBN, page 198:
      Another option is to save receipts and obtain a refund at the airport, although the commission charged is unsmall.
    • 2000 March 21, Larry Brasfield, “Magnified Sunlight”, in alt.energy.homepower (Usenet):
      The voltage may be only a few hundred mV, but a thermocouple can deliver lots of current. Your preconceived notion that unsmall voltage is required to drive electromagnetic devices is wrong. In fact, solenoid coils can be configured for a wide range of voltages by changing the wire guage and turns count.
    • 2012, Henry Scott-Irvine, Procol Harum: The Ghosts of a Whiter Shade of Pale, London : Omnibus Press, →ISBN, page 205:
      Procol Harum, who never got their royalties for 'A Whiter Shade Of Pale' — they were swizzed out of an unsmall fortune — might be forgiven for wanting to cash in on the pop memory boom.