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unencouraging

unencouraging adjective: not encouraging.

Adjective

unencouraging (not comparable)

  1. Not encouraging.

Origin of unencouraging

From un- + encouraging.

Words formed from unencouraging

Questions about unencouraging

What does unencouraging mean?
Unencouraging means not encouraging.
What part of speech is unencouraging?
Unencouraging is an adjective.

Words near unencouraging in the dictionary

  1. unencompassed
  2. unencored
  3. unencounterable
  4. unencountered
  5. unencouraged
  6. unencouraging
  7. unencouragingly
  8. unencroachable
  9. unencroached
  10. unencroaching
  11. unencrusted

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