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unflushing

unflushing adjective: that does not flush.

Adjective

unflushing (not comparable)

  1. That does not flush.
    • Bumblemore was constantly calling the house elves in to fix this or that thing, but they were unionized and often on strike, so everybody had learned to accept unflushing toilets and small electrical fires […]2002, Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody, page 25
    • […] the restaurants with their unflushing lavatories located in the middle of the kitchens, the fingernails of the waiters, the condition of the plates and cutlery, not to mention the food itself […]2004, Simon Gray, The Smoking Diaries, page 166

Origin of unflushing

From un- + flushing.

Questions about unflushing

What does unflushing mean?
Unflushing means that does not flush.
What part of speech is unflushing?
Unflushing is an adjective.

Words near unflushing in the dictionary

  1. unflush
  2. unflushable
  3. unflushables
  4. unflushed
  5. unflushes
  6. unflushing
  7. unflusterable
  8. unflustered
  9. unfluted
  10. unflutterable
  11. unfluttered

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