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uncounting

uncounting is the present participle and gerund of uncount.

Meaning of uncount

Verb

uncount (third-person singular simple present uncounts, present participle uncounting, simple past and past participle uncounted)

  1. (ambitransitive) To deduct from a count; discount or subtract.
    • Children accomplish learning how to count, and then almost immediately they have to learn how to 'uncount', that is, subtract.2017, Eugenia Cheng, Beyond Infinity

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Adjective

uncounting (not comparable)

  1. That does not count or keep count.
    • […] the uncounting selflessness of love to those who are so close as to be one with ourselves.1949, The Thomist, volume 12, page 413

Questions about uncounting

What does uncounting mean?
Uncounting means that does not count or keep count.
What is uncounting the present participle and gerund of?
Uncounting is the present participle and gerund of uncount.
What part of speech is uncounting?
Uncounting is an adjective.

Words near uncounting in the dictionary

  1. uncounterfeited
  2. uncountermandable
  3. uncountermanded
  4. uncounterstained
  5. uncountervailed
  6. uncounting
  7. uncountrified
  8. uncounts
  9. uncouple
  10. uncoupled
  11. uncoupler

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Adapted from Wiktionary: uncounting (page history and authors); uncount (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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