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unembracing

unembracing adjective: not embracing.

Adjective

unembracing (not comparable)

  1. Not embracing.
    • My brother, if ever I shall seem reserved and unembracing to thee, still thou must ever trust the heart of Isabel, and permit no doubt to cross thee there.1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
    • Since my days as a student, the city has encroached upon Salpetriere so it no longer has its country-estate disguise. The stiff, unembracing stone arms spread out from the domed chapel, an ironic center of a hell realm.2006, Kate Horsley, Black Elk in Paris, page 3

Origin of unembracing

From un- + embracing.

Questions about unembracing

What does unembracing mean?
Unembracing means not embracing.
What part of speech is unembracing?
Unembracing is an adjective.

Words near unembracing in the dictionary

  1. unembossed
  2. unembowered
  3. unembracable
  4. unembraceable
  5. unembraced
  6. unembracing
  7. unembroidered
  8. unembroiled
  9. unembrued
  10. unembryonated
  11. unembryonic

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