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unassuring

unassuring adjective: not providing assurance.

Adjective

unassuring (comparative more unassuring, superlative most unassuring)

  1. Not providing assurance.
    • His trust in God was exemplified in his constant peacefulness and freedom from all concern on the question of supplies, no matter how unassuring the outlook happened to be.1892, Elijah P. Brown, Blasts from a Ram's Horn, page 238

Forms of unassuring

comparativemore unassuring
superlativemost unassuring

Origin of unassuring

From un- + assuring.

Questions about unassuring

What does unassuring mean?
Unassuring means not providing assurance.
What part of speech is unassuring?
Unassuring is an adjective.

Words near unassuring in the dictionary

  1. unassumptive
  2. unassurance
  3. unassured
  4. unassuredly
  5. unassuredness
  6. unassuring
  7. unasterisked
  8. unastonishable
  9. unastonished
  10. unastonishing
  11. unastounded

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