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unbeing

/ʌnˈbiːɪŋ/

unbeing noun: nonexistence.

Noun

unbeing (countable and uncountable, plural unbeings)

  1. (uncountable) Nonexistence.
    • What we fear most is not death itself but the prospect of not being, or rather of unbeing, a state where we altogether cease to exist. The idea of unbeing is so alien to us that we find it almost impossible to conceive.1997, Migene González-Wippler, What happens after death, page 3
  2. (countable) A nonbeing; an entity of no existence or significance.
    • The house is pale as though its life-blood were sucked and the Cabots reduced to unbeings.1987, Hari Mohan Prasad, The Dramatic Art of Eugene O'Neill, page 23

Adjective

unbeing (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Not in existence, nonexistent.
    • Beings yet unbeingc. 1670s (date written), Thomas Brown [i.e., Thomas Browne], “(please specify the section)”, in John Jeffery, editor, Christian Morals, […], Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: […] [A]t the University-Press...

Forms of unbeing

pluralunbeings

Origin of unbeing

From Middle English unbeing, equivalent to un- + being.

Questions about unbeing

What does unbeing mean?
Unbeing means nonexistence.
What part of speech is unbeing?
Unbeing can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce unbeing?
Unbeing is pronounced /ʌnˈbiːɪŋ/.
What is the plural of unbeing?
The plural of unbeing is unbeings.

Words near unbeing in the dictionary

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

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