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unpenetrating

unpenetrating adjective: failing to penetrate.

Adjective

unpenetrating (comparative more unpenetrating, superlative most unpenetrating)

  1. Failing to penetrate.
    • an unpenetrating analysis

Forms of unpenetrating

comparativemore unpenetrating
superlativemost unpenetrating

Origin of unpenetrating

From un- + penetrating.

Questions about unpenetrating

What does unpenetrating mean?
Unpenetrating means failing to penetrate.
What part of speech is unpenetrating?
Unpenetrating is an adjective.

Words near unpenetrating in the dictionary

  1. unpenanced
  2. unpenciled
  3. unpencilled
  4. unpenetrable
  5. unpenetrated
  6. unpenetrating
  7. unpenetrative
  8. unpenguinlike
  9. unpenised
  10. unpenitent
  11. unpenitently

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