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unacting

unacting adjective: that does not take action. Also the present participle and gerund of unact.

Adjective

unacting (not comparable)

  1. That does not take action.
    • While he himself was the embodiment of the masculine, spiritual Purusa — which, rather strikingly, he now interprets as passive and unacting — […]2012, Hugh B. Urban, Tantra, page 101

Also used as

unacting is also the present participle and gerund of unact.

Origin of unacting

From un- + acting.

Questions about unacting

What does unacting mean?
Unacting means that does not take action.
What part of speech is unacting?
Unacting is an adjective.

Words near unacting in the dictionary

  1. unact
  2. unactability
  3. unactable
  4. unacted
  5. unactedness
  6. unacting
  7. unactinic
  8. unaction
  9. unactionable
  10. unactioned
  11. unactivatable

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