unrubbish

English

Etymology

un- +‎ rubbish

Adjective

unrubbish (comparative more unrubbish, superlative most unrubbish)

  1. (UK, colloquial) Not rubbish; good or acceptable.
    • 2009, Paul Robert Smith, Up a Tree in the Park at Night with a Hedgehog, page 24:
      […] they manage to land someone decidedly unrubbish to spend their lives with.
    • 2020, Inky Willis, Magical Muddles: Book 2:
      So that's why I just sent a rubbish little nothing-note (not to be confused with the very unrubbish Notes with a big N).
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