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< uncritical

uncultivated >

unctuous

adjective

Affectedly and self-servingly earnest: fulsome, oily, oleaginous, sleek, smarmy. See attitude, honest
Having the qualities of fat: adipose, fat, fatty, greasy, oily, oleaginous. See fat

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