unarresting
unarresting is the present participle and gerund of unarrest.
Meaning of unarrest
Verb
unarrest (third-person singular simple present unarrests, present participle unarresting, simple past and past participle unarrested)
- To release (an arrested person) from custody.
- She was swearing at the police who were trying to deal with a domestic incident. I had to break up the situation, the harassment was interfering with them dealing with the original fight. It was decided to unarrest her when we realised her age.2010, Gabrielle M. Maxwell, Allison Morris, Family, Victims and Culture: Youth Justice in New Zealand, page 33
Adjective
unarresting (comparative more unarresting, superlative most unarresting)
- Not arresting; that does not hold the attention.
- […] a meagre and monotonous evangelism — shunning to declare the whole counsel of God, or reiterating a few favourite phrases till they grow as trite and unarresting as a cuckoo-song — has provoked that fatal falsehood […]1859, James Hamilton, Christian Classics
Forms of unarresting
| comparative | more unarresting |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unarresting |
Questions about unarresting
- What does unarresting mean?
- Unarresting means not arresting; that does not hold the attention.
- What is unarresting the present participle and gerund of?
- Unarresting is the present participle and gerund of unarrest.
- What part of speech is unarresting?
- Unarresting is an adjective.
Words near unarresting in the dictionary
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