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uncontending

uncontending adjective: not contending.

Adjective

uncontending (comparative more uncontending, superlative most uncontending)

  1. Not contending.
    • In him I see a strong human creature, contending with all hardship: in you also a human creature, uncontending, and possibly not strong.1885, John Ruskin, On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2)
    • His judgment was penetrating and manly, totally unmixed with imbecility and confusion, while at the same time there was such an uncontending frankness in his countenance, that a superficial observer would have supposed he must have been the prey of the first plausible knavery that was practised...1903, William Godwin, Caleb Williams

Forms of uncontending

comparativemore uncontending
superlativemost uncontending

Origin of uncontending

From un- + contending.

Questions about uncontending

What does uncontending mean?
Uncontending means not contending.
What part of speech is uncontending?
Uncontending is an adjective.

Words near uncontending in the dictionary

  1. uncontemporary
  2. uncontemptible
  3. uncontemptuous
  4. uncontemptuously
  5. uncontended
  6. uncontending
  7. uncontent
  8. uncontentable
  9. uncontented
  10. uncontentedly
  11. uncontentedness

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