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unexamining

unexamining adjective: that does not examine.

Adjective

unexamining (comparative more unexamining, superlative most unexamining)

  1. That does not examine.
    • […] seen through the mist of tradition, surrounded by the awe and reverence of the unexamining, the uncritical, and the morally undeveloped, […]1920, Henry Clay Sheldon, Pantheistic Dilemmas and Other Essays in Philosophy and Religion, page 326

Forms of unexamining

comparativemore unexamining
superlativemost unexamining

Origin of unexamining

From un- + examining.

Questions about unexamining

What does unexamining mean?
Unexamining means that does not examine.
What part of speech is unexamining?
Unexamining is an adjective.

Words near unexamining in the dictionary

  1. unexalted
  2. unexalting
  3. unexaminable
  4. unexamined
  5. unexaminedly
  6. unexamining
  7. unexampled
  8. unexampledness
  9. unexasperated
  10. unexasperating
  11. unexcavated

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