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unguiding

unguiding adjective: not guiding.

Adjective

unguiding (not comparable)

  1. Not guiding.
    • As between clear, but inflexible rules on the one hand and flexible, but unguiding rules on the other, where should the balance be struck?1986, William Blumenthal, Horizontal Mergers: Law and Policy, page 5
    • Out of regard for the State's interest, the Court suggests an unguiding, vague standard for establishing “awareness” by the bookseller of the contents of a challenged book in contradiction of his disclaimer of knowledge of its contents.2009, Robert Dunne, Computers and the Law, page 95

Origin of unguiding

From un- + guiding.

Questions about unguiding

What does unguiding mean?
Unguiding means not guiding.
What part of speech is unguiding?
Unguiding is an adjective.

Words near unguiding in the dictionary

  1. unguidable
  2. unguidably
  3. unguided
  4. unguidedly
  5. unguidedness
  6. unguiding
  7. unguiferous
  8. unguiform
  9. unguiled
  10. unguileful
  11. unguilefully

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