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unaffecting

unaffecting adjective: not affecting. Also the present participle and gerund of unaffect.

Adjective

unaffecting (comparative more unaffecting, superlative most unaffecting)

  1. Not affecting.
    • “Power Play” is absorbing yet unaffecting.2007 August 19, Julia Scheeres, “Hostile Takeover”, in New York Times

Also used as

unaffecting is also the present participle and gerund of unaffect.

Forms of unaffecting

comparativemore unaffecting
superlativemost unaffecting

Origin of unaffecting

From un- + affecting.

From unaffect + -ing.

Questions about unaffecting

What does unaffecting mean?
Unaffecting means not affecting.
What part of speech is unaffecting?
Unaffecting is an adjective.

Words near unaffecting in the dictionary

  1. unaffectatious
  2. unaffected
  3. unaffectedly
  4. unaffectedness
  5. unaffecteds
  6. unaffecting
  7. unaffection
  8. unaffectionate
  9. unaffectionately
  10. unaffectioned
  11. unaffections

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