adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Not befitting a doctor. rare

   "Similarly, those doctors who decry the operation as an "unhippocratic" act need not perform it."

Synonyms

All synonyms

undoctorlyundoctorly

Example

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"Similarly, those doctors who decry the operation as an "unhippocratic" act need not perform it."

Etymology

From un- + Hippocratic.

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