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unflourishing

unflourishing adjective: failing to flourish.

Adjective

unflourishing (comparative more unflourishing, superlative most unflourishing)

  1. Failing to flourish.
    • the unflourishing condition of the Church

Forms of unflourishing

comparativemore unflourishing
superlativemost unflourishing

Origin of unflourishing

From un- + flourishing.

Questions about unflourishing

What does unflourishing mean?
Unflourishing means failing to flourish.
What part of speech is unflourishing?
Unflourishing is an adjective.

Words near unflourishing in the dictionary

  1. unflossed
  2. unflossy
  3. unflounced
  4. unfloured
  5. unflourished
  6. unflourishing
  7. unfloury
  8. unflouted
  9. unflowed
  10. unflower
  11. unflowered

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