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unpartaking

unpartaking adjective: not partaking.

Adjective

unpartaking (not comparable)

  1. Not partaking.
    • He was an outcast among the sweetest scenes of nature; compelled to hear the very pigeons cooing on the eaves, and, unpartaking, to witness the universal passion and acknowledgment of love.1843, The Knickerbocker, volumes 21-22, page 263

Origin of unpartaking

From un- + partaking.

Questions about unpartaking

What does unpartaking mean?
Unpartaking means not partaking.
What part of speech is unpartaking?
Unpartaking is an adjective.

Words near unpartaking in the dictionary

  1. unparsonical
  2. unpart
  3. unpartable
  4. unpartakeable
  5. unpartaken
  6. unpartaking
  7. unparted
  8. unpartial
  9. unpartiality
  10. unpartially
  11. unpartible

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