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Definition: (adjective) unenthusiastic, routine, or mechanical.
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< vice
vice- >
vi·ce
3
(v
s
, -s
)
KEY
PREPOSITION:
In place of; replacing.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin , ablative of *
vix
,
change
; see
vice-
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