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unasking

unasking adjective: not making demands. Also the present participle and gerund of unask.

Adjective

unasking (comparative more unasking, superlative most unasking)

  1. Not making demands.
    • I know now there should have been no higher beatitude than to live in the presence of an unselfish, unasking, vital love.1901, Elizabeth Stoddard, The Morgesons
    • Only the great, tender soul was visible to her; the unasking, the kind spirit.1914, Harriet T. Comstock, The Place Beyond the Winds

Also used as

unasking is also the present participle and gerund of unask.

Forms of unasking

comparativemore unasking
superlativemost unasking

Origin of unasking

From un- + asking.

From unask + -ing.

Questions about unasking

What does unasking mean?
Unasking means not making demands.
What part of speech is unasking?
Unasking is an adjective.

Words near unasking in the dictionary

  1. unaskable
  2. unaskables
  3. unasked
  4. unasked for
  5. unasked-for
  6. unasking
  7. unasks
  8. unaskt
  9. unasleep
  10. unaspected
  11. unaspersed

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