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unattempting

unattempting adjective: not making an attempt.

Adjective

unattempting (not comparable)

  1. Not making an attempt.
    • Garvin added: 'Mind you true tragedy, supreme tragedy are not the worst in life, far from it: the squalid morass of unattempting impotence is the stifling of the soul and hope of man. […]quoted in 2015, Martin Gilbert, Winston S. Churchill: The Prophet of Truth, 1922–1939

Origin of unattempting

From un- + attempting.

Questions about unattempting

What does unattempting mean?
Unattempting means not making an attempt.
What part of speech is unattempting?
Unattempting is an adjective.

Words near unattempting in the dictionary

  1. unattaint
  2. unattainted
  3. unattempered
  4. unattemptable
  5. unattempted
  6. unattempting
  7. unattendance
  8. unattendant
  9. unattended
  10. unattended installation
  11. unattended installations

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