Undomestic (Adjective)
Meaning
Not domestic or related to home; "had established herself in her career at the price of being so undomestic she didn't even know how to light the oven".
Classification
All adjective clusters.
Examples
- She was an undomestic traveler who had spent years backpacking through foreign countries and had never learned to cook a decent meal.
- His undomestic nature made him a fixture in the local restaurant scene, where he was always ordering takeout and eating out with friends.
- After years of living overseas, she had become increasingly undomestic, relying on delivery services and restaurants for all her meals.
- Despite his success in the corporate world, he was surprisingly undomestic, unable to even boil water without assistance.
- Her undomestic upbringing had left her without the skills to manage a household, so she hired a team of professionals to handle everything from cleaning to cooking to household maintenance.