unmarine

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ marine

Adjective[edit]

unmarine (comparative more unmarine, superlative most unmarine)

  1. Not marine.
    • 1935, S. Colum Gilfillan, The Sociology of Invention, page 84:
      [] the making of sheathing and ship's pumps. This last rather unmarine field included more than a third of the patents before 1800, which may be one explanation for the predominance of landlubbers in early marine patenting.