unmasculine

From un- +‎ masculine.

unmasculine (comparative more unmasculine, superlative most unmasculine)

1. Not masculine; not characteristic of, typical of, or appropriate for a man, unmanly.

   Coordinate term: unfeminine

   • 1998, Ritch Williams-Savin, …And Then I Became Gay: Young Men's Stories‎^[1], Routledge, →ISBN:

     Characteristics labeled as unmasculine or as failure to conform to gender expectations include observable behaviors such as avoidance of rough-and-tumble play, typical boys' games, and athletic activities; no imagining of oneself as a sports figure; and no desire to grow up to be like one's father.

   • 2007, C. J. Pascoe, Dude, You’re a Fag: Masculinity and Sexuality in High School, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 157:

     A fag is profoundly unmasculine, yet possesses the ability to penetrate and thus render any boy unmasculine.

   • 2021 December 1, David French, “The New Right’s Strange and Dangerous Cult of Toughness”, in The Atlantic‎^[2], archived from the original on 3 December 2021:

     Fusionism, Hammer said, is “inherently effete, limp, and, as Hillsdale College’s David Azerrad might say, unmasculine.”