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unattaining

unattaining adjective: that does not lead to attainment.

Adjective

unattaining (comparative more unattaining, superlative most unattaining)

  1. That does not lead to attainment
    • There she clutches at illusions, and she seeks the phantom goal
      With the unattaining passion that consumes the unsleeping soul:
      And calamity enfolds her, like the shadow of a ban,
      And the niggardness of Nature makes the misery of man;1 December 1890, William Watson, Ireland

Forms of unattaining

comparativemore unattaining
superlativemost unattaining

Origin of unattaining

From un- + attaining.

Questions about unattaining

What does unattaining mean?
Unattaining means that does not lead to attainment.
What part of speech is unattaining?
Unattaining is an adjective.

Words near unattaining in the dictionary

  1. unattainable
  2. unattainableness
  3. unattainables
  4. unattainably
  5. unattained
  6. unattaining
  7. unattainment
  8. unattaint
  9. unattainted
  10. unattempered
  11. unattemptable

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