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unbeings

unbeings is the plural of unbeing.

Meaning of unbeing

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

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Questions about unbeings

What is unbeings the plural of?
Unbeings is the plural of unbeing.

Words near unbeings in the dictionary

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

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