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unconcerning

unconcerning adjective: not affecting or interesting; insignificant.

Adjective

unconcerning (comparative more unconcerning, superlative most unconcerning)

  1. (obsolete) Not affecting or interesting; insignificant.
    • I will not, therefore, busy myself about "the unconcerning parts of knowledge; but be contented, like a reader of plain sense, without politeness;" […]1722 (date written), Richard Steele, “468. To Mr. [William] Congreve”, in John Nichols, editor, The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele; including His Familiar Letters to His Wife and...
  2. Not concerning.

Forms of unconcerning

comparativemore unconcerning
superlativemost unconcerning

Origin of unconcerning

From un- + concerning.

Questions about unconcerning

What does unconcerning mean?
Unconcerning means not affecting or interesting; insignificant.
What part of speech is unconcerning?
Unconcerning is an adjective.

Words near unconcerning in the dictionary

  1. unconcern
  2. unconcern'd
  3. unconcerned
  4. unconcernedly
  5. unconcernedness
  6. unconcerning
  7. unconcernment
  8. unconcerns
  9. unconcerted
  10. unconcertedly
  11. unconcession

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