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belief-beggaring

belief-beggaring adjective: that beggars belief; unbelievable.

Adjective

belief-beggaring (comparative more belief-beggaring, superlative most belief-beggaring)

  1. (UK) That beggars belief; unbelievable.
    • The latest TV show from Netflix’s seemingly endless true-crime conveyor belt is Running With the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee. It tells the belief-beggaring story of the Silicon Valley golden boy who fled from murder charges and ran for US president.2022 August 24, Michael Hogan, “Tiger King, Tech Tycoon Edition: the wild tale of the millionaire who ran for president while wanted for murder”, in The Guardian, →ISSN

Forms of belief-beggaring

comparativemore belief-beggaring
superlativemost belief-beggaring

Questions about belief-beggaring

What does belief-beggaring mean?
Belief-beggaring means that beggars belief; unbelievable.
What part of speech is belief-beggaring?
Belief-beggaring is an adjective.

Words near belief-beggaring in the dictionary

  1. beliebers
  2. belied
  3. belief
  4. belief system
  5. belief systems
  6. belief-beggaring
  7. beliefe
  8. beliefes
  9. beliefful
  10. belieffulness
  11. beliefless

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