unpermissive

1. 1.

   not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline

   Antonymspermissive

Questions about unpermissive

What does unpermissive mean?

unpermissive means "not inclined to grant permission; severe in discipline".

How many syllables are in unpermissive?

unpermissive has 4 syllables: un-per-mis-sive. The stress falls on "per".

What is the opposite of unpermissive?

The recorded antonyms are permissive.

Is unpermissive a common word?

unpermissive is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.