This word does not exist

Re:This word does not exist by harpiaharpyja on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:01PM (#29004734)

  adjective.
  unprestigious
  un·pres·ti·gious
  (of a person) strong, imposing, or impressive
  "an unprestigious figure during his lifetime"```

(https://l.thisworddoesnotexist.com/u749)

Hmm. I think it might need some more work. I mean, there's a strong argument that unprestigious is not a word, but if it was, that certainly would not be the meaning.

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Re:This word does not exist by abraae on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:29PM (#29005108)

Or it might be OK. After all, loosening and unloosening your shoe laces is the same thing.

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Re:This word does not exist by itronitron on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:40PM (#29005980)

https://www.ling.upenn.edu/~beatrice/humor/how-i-met-my-wife...

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Re:This word does not exist by ineedasername on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:13PM (#29005687)

Also inflammable and flammable.

English is strange.

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Re:This word does not exist by UncleSlacky on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:27PM (#29005834)

Inflammable means flammable? What a country!

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Re:This word does not exist by avgcorrection on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:45PM (#29006041)

Strange and dumb are actually synonyms in this particular context.

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Re:This word does not exist by kazinator on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:27PM (#29005067)

There is only poor, easily dismissable argument that unprestigious is not a word.

The un- prefix is a highly productive morpheme English; dictionaries would only waste space by listing every possible un- word.

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Re:This word does not exist by saghm on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:00PM (#29005511)

I'm not sure why, but "non-prestigious" feels more "correct" to me. I know that those prefixes aren't identical in meaning though, so both could be words with slightly different meanings.

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Re:This word does not exist by bduerst on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @05:37PM (#29006629)

What about objects that cause you to lose your recently acquired prestige?

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Re:This word does not exist by dghf on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @06:31AM (#29011402)

To me, at least, "non-prestigious" sounds neutral, while "unprestigious" sound a bit derogatory.

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Re:This word does not exist by itsyaboi on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:44PM (#29005322)

This word most definitely does exist: https://l.thisworddoesnotexist.com/SidH

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Re:This word does not exist by andruc on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:26PM (#29005062)

One would think that about inflammable too

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Re:This word does not exist by Ratalala on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @03:39PM (#29005253)

Or unhulled

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