Related Words for weasel word

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pejorative
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Adjective
byword
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Noun
double negative
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Phrase, Noun
negative
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Adjective
excuse
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Noun
thing
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Noun
dialect
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Noun
shoddy
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Adjective
flea
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Noun
hedge
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Noun
wimp
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Noun
misleading
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Adjective
wrong number
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Phrase, Noun
joker
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Noun
disparaging
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Adjective
waffle
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Noun
lame duck
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Phrase, Noun, Verb
straw
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Noun
blind
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Noun
loser
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Noun
innuendo
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Noun
minus
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Noun
indecency
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Noun
derogatory
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Adjective
proverb
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Noun
fair warning
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Phrase, Noun
unpalatable
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Adjective
downside
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Noun
insect
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Noun
denigration
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Noun
exact science
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Phrase, Noun
understatement
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Noun
drawback
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Noun
something or other
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Phrase, Noun
oxymoron
x//x
Noun
trash
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Noun
caveat
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Noun
empty words
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Phrase, Noun
insult
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Noun
slight
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Adjective
snark
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Noun
aside
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Adverb
almost
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Adverb
avoidance
x/x
Noun
bad news
//
Phrase, Noun
something else
/x/
Phrase, Noun
abuse
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Noun
canard
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Noun
crud
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Noun
deterrent
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Noun
dirty trick
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Phrase, Noun
worm
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Noun
unwanted
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Adjective
garbage
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Noun
offal
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Noun
infidel
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Noun
avoidable
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Adjective
calumny
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Noun
cant
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Noun
casuistry
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Noun
white lie
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Name, Name
untranslatable
xx/xx
Adjective
negation
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Noun
junk
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Noun
inconvenient
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Adjective
snub
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Noun
weed
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Noun
deadwood
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Noun
demerit
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Noun
white sheep
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Name, Name
one of those things
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Phrase, Noun
diffidence
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Noun
blur
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Noun
turnoff
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Noun
condescension
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Noun
villainy
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Noun
satire
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Noun
dust
/
Noun
about
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Adverb, Adjective
addressed
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Adjective
adjective
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
affix
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Verb, Noun
against
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Noun
albino
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Noun, Adjective
alligator
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Noun, Verb
alphabet
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Noun, Verb
ambiguous
x/xx
Adjective
american revised version
x/xxx//x
Phrase, Noun
american standard version
x/xx/x/x
Name, Noun
anagram
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Noun, Verb
antelope
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Noun
antonym
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Noun
anything
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Noun, Adverb
argument
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Noun, Verb
articulate
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Verb, Adjective, Noun
ask
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Verb, Noun
authorized version
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Phrase, Noun
badger
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Noun, Verb
bat
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Noun, Verb
bear
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
beaver
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Noun, Verb
behalf
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Noun
bible
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Name
bit
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
blend
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Noun, Verb
blond
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Adjective, Noun, Verb
briefly
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Adverb
buzzword
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Noun
byte
/
Noun
call
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Verb, Noun
caption
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Noun, Verb
cast
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Verb, Noun, Adjective
cat
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Noun, Verb, Adjective
character
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Noun, Verb
charade
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Noun, Verb
christ
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Name
close
/
Adjective, Verb, Noun
cognate
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Adjective, Noun
coinage
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Noun
combat
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Noun, Verb
comment
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Noun, Verb
commentary
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Noun
completion
x/x
Noun
concept
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Noun, Verb
concise
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Adjective, Verb
conclusion
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Noun
condition
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Noun, Verb
conference
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Noun, Verb
conjunction
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Noun
contraction
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Noun
couch
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Noun, Verb
coyote
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Noun, Verb
credo
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Noun
creep
/
Verb, Noun
cryptic
/x
Adjective, Noun
deadline
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Noun, Verb
debate
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Noun, Verb
deer
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Noun
definition
xx/x
Noun
deictic
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Adjective, Noun
deliberation
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Noun
denomination
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Noun
derivative
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Adjective, Noun
designation
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Noun
dictionary
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Noun, Verb
diminutive
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Adjective, Noun
discussion
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Noun
dork
/
Noun
ear
/
Noun, Verb
elfin
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Adjective, Name
end
/
Noun, Verb
english
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Name, Adjective, Verb
enigmatic
xx/x
Adjective
equivocal
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Adjective, Noun
ermine
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
etymology
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Noun
expiry
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Noun
expression
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Noun
family bible
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Name, Name
ferret
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Noun, Verb
ferry
/x
Noun, Verb
finish
/x
Verb, Noun
floor
/
Noun, Verb
form
/
Noun, Verb
formula
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Noun
formulate
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Verb
fox
/
Noun, Verb
frame
/
Noun, Verb
frog
/
Noun, Verb
games
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Noun
good book
//
Phrase, Noun
good word
//
Phrase, Noun
grizzly
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Adjective, Noun
group discussion
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
hall
/
Noun
halt
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
haul
/
Verb, Noun
head
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
hog
/
Noun, Verb
holy scripture
/x/x
Name, Name
holy writ
/x/
Name, Name
hybrid
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Adjective, Noun
incriminating
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Adjective
indication
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Noun
informal
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Adjective
intelligence
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Noun
intervene
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Verb
introductory
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Adjective
jackal
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Noun, Verb
jaguar
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Noun
jesus
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Name, Verb
jesus christ
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Name, Name
jure
/
Noun
key
/
Adjective, Noun, Verb
key word
//
Phrase, Noun
keyword
/x
Noun, Verb
king james version
///x
Name, Name
laconic
x/x
Adjective
language
/x
Noun, Verb
learn
/
Verb, Noun
lemon
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Noun, Adjective, Verb
lengthier
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Adjective
leopard
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Noun
lesson
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Noun, Verb
letter
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Noun, Verb
lizard
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Noun
loan
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Noun, Verb
logos
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Noun
mantra
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Noun
meaning
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Noun, Adjective
mention
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Verb, Noun
message
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Noun, Verb
messiah
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Noun
minutes
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Noun
mole
/
Noun
monkey
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Noun, Verb
monosyllabic
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Adjective, Noun
mot
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Noun
motto
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Noun, Verb
mouse
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Noun, Verb
mouth
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Noun, Verb
name
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Noun, Verb
negotiation
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Noun
neologism
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Noun
new
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Adjective, Name, Adverb, Verb
new english bible
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Name, Verb
new testament
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Name, Name
noise
/
Noun, Verb
nomenclature
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Noun
note
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Noun, Verb
nothing
/x
Noun, Adverb, Adjective
notion
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Noun
noun
/
Noun, Verb
nutshell
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Noun, Verb
oath
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Noun, Verb
observation
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Noun
old testament
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Name, Name
omega
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Noun, Adjective, Adverb
opossum
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Noun
opposite
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Adjective, Noun, Adverb
oral
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Adjective, Noun
order
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Noun, Verb