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unfighting

unfighting adjective: that does not fight. Also the present participle and gerund of unfight.

Adjective

unfighting (not comparable)

  1. That does not fight.
    • As Ministers, you're hooted, hiss'd, / His Majesty's great undismiss'd: / All by unfighting Dan you're lick'd, / The yet unoust, the great unkick'd; […]1860, James Amphlett, The Newspaper Press, in Part of the Last Century..., page 104
    • Blind to his own interests, the foolish Duryodhana asked for the troops; while Arjuna solicited Krishna as an unfighting counsellor.1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, page 34

Also used as

unfighting is also the present participle and gerund of unfight.

Origin of unfighting

From un- + fighting.

From unfight + -ing.

Questions about unfighting

What does unfighting mean?
Unfighting means that does not fight.
What part of speech is unfighting?
Unfighting is an adjective.

Words near unfighting in the dictionary

  1. unfielded
  2. unfierce
  3. unfiery
  4. unfight
  5. unfightable
  6. unfighting
  7. unfights
  8. unfigurable
  9. unfigurative
  10. unfiguratively
  11. unfigured

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