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unadmiring

unadmiring adjective: not admiring; critical; disparaging.

Adjective

unadmiring (comparative more unadmiring, superlative most unadmiring)

  1. Not admiring; critical; disparaging.
    • Before she turned to give her follower instructions the woman paused to counter Mrs. Marrison's unadmiring gaze.1919, Justin Huntly McCarthy, Nurse Benson, page 110

Forms of unadmiring

comparativemore unadmiring
superlativemost unadmiring

Origin of unadmiring

From un- + admiring.

Words formed from unadmiring

Questions about unadmiring

What does unadmiring mean?
Unadmiring means not admiring; critical; disparaging.
What part of speech is unadmiring?
Unadmiring is an adjective.

Words near unadmiring in the dictionary

  1. unadjustment
  2. unadjuvanted
  3. unadministered
  4. unadmirable
  5. unadmired
  6. unadmiring
  7. unadmiringly
  8. unadmissible
  9. unadmittable
  10. unadmittably
  11. unadmitted

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