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- adverb In an
unaffectionate way.
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Examples
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Cretinous sometimes, unaffectionately, forgot Winston's name.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rejection, Part One 2010
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Cretinous sometimes, unaffectionately, forgot Winston's name.
Archive 2010-05-01 2010
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They were so bad that their fans wore paper bags over their head for years and unaffectionately called the team "The Aints."
The Political Lessons of Super Bowl 44 Garlin Gilchrist II 2010
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Okay, if they're going for an international audience, then why choose for the host Jonathon Ross, or "Wossy" as he's unaffectionately known in Britain, where his BBC contract just ended forever?
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Okay, if they're going for an international audience, then why choose for the host Jonathon Ross, or "Wossy" as he's unaffectionately known in Britain, where his BBC contract just ended forever?
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They were so bad that their fans wore paper bags over their head for years and unaffectionately called the team "The Aints."
Garlin Gilchrist II: The Political Lessons of Super Bowl 44 2010
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The flick excels during its character moments, like the scenes between Willie and the unaffectionately nicknamed Kid, a parking lot confrontation with an indian homophobe, and a lunch break outburst.
Flixnjoystix.com! » FlixnJoystix Presents…Bobert’s Favorite Xmas Movies! 2008
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As the leader of Motorola Inc. 's communications division, John F. Mitchell charted the development of the revolutionary first generation of cellphones, popular for their forward-looking technology but unaffectionately nicknamed "bricks" for their size and heft.
Motorola Executive Helped Spur Cellphone Revolution, Oversaw Ill-Fated Iridium Project 2009
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The heavyweight title has been divided before, but never in such an intractable fashion and never between so many different governing bodies -- bodies unaffectionately referred to in boxing circles as "alphabet soup."
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The heavyweight title has been divided before, but never in such an intractable fashion and never between so many different governing bodies -- bodies unaffectionately referred to in boxing circles as "alphabet soup."
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