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unbeholding

unbeholding adjective: that does not behold.

Adjective

unbeholding (not comparable)

  1. (poetic, rare) That does not behold.
    • The sea that receives, or the rivers that run, / The flower, or the unbeholding sun / Happier, who shall say?1896, Edith Matilda Thomas, A Winter Swallow: With Other Verse, page 45

Origin of unbeholding

From un- + beholding.

Questions about unbeholding

What does unbeholding mean?
Unbeholding means that does not behold.
What part of speech is unbeholding?
Unbeholding is an adjective.

Words near unbeholding in the dictionary

  1. unbeheaded
  2. unbeheld
  3. unbeholdable
  4. unbeholden
  5. unbeholdenness
  6. unbeholding
  7. unbehoving
  8. unbeing
  9. unbeings
  10. unbejeweled
  11. unbejewelled

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