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unselfish
adjective un·self·ish \ˌən-ˈsel-fish\
: having or showing more concern for other people than for yourself : not selfish
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First Known Use of UNSELFISH
1698
Related to UNSELFISH
- Synonyms
- bighearted, bounteous, bountiful, charitable, free, freehanded, freehearted, fulsome, liberal, munificent, open, openhanded, generous, unsparing, unstinting
- Antonyms
- cheap, close, closefisted, costive, illiberal [archaic], mingy, miserly, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, selfish, stingy, stinting, tight, tightfisted, uncharitable, ungenerous
UNSELFISHNESS Defined for Kids
unselfish
adjective un·self·ish \ˌən-ˈsel-fish\
Definition of UNSELFISH for Kids
: not selfish
— un·self·ish·ly adverb
— un·self·ish·ness noun
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