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uncontriving

uncontriving adjective: lacking the ingenuity to contrive or plan things.

Adjective

uncontriving (comparative more uncontriving, superlative most uncontriving)

  1. Lacking the ingenuity to contrive or plan things.

Forms of uncontriving

comparativemore uncontriving
superlativemost uncontriving

Origin of uncontriving

From un- + contriving.

Questions about uncontriving

What does uncontriving mean?
Uncontriving means lacking the ingenuity to contrive or plan things.
What part of speech is uncontriving?
Uncontriving is an adjective.

Words near uncontriving in the dictionary

  1. uncontrite
  2. uncontritely
  3. uncontrivable
  4. uncontrived
  5. uncontrivedly
  6. uncontriving
  7. uncontrol
  8. uncontrolability
  9. uncontrolableness
  10. uncontroled
  11. uncontrollability

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