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unreading

unreading is the present participle and gerund of unread.

Meaning of unread

Verb

unread (third-person singular simple present unreads, present participle unreading, simple past and past participle unread)

  1. (transitive) To undo the process of reading.
    • That book was terrible! I wish I could unread it.
  2. (transitive) To flag (a previously read e-mail or similar message) as not having been read.

See all 5 meanings of unread

Adjective

unreading (not comparable)

  1. That does not or cannot read; illiterate, or not fond of books.
    • the unreading public

Questions about unreading

What does unreading mean?
Unreading means that does not or cannot read; illiterate, or not fond of books.
What is unreading the present participle and gerund of?
Unreading is the present participle and gerund of unread.
What part of speech is unreading?
Unreading is an adjective.

Words near unreading in the dictionary

  1. unreadier
  2. unreadiest
  3. unreadily
  4. unreadiness
  5. unreadinesses
  6. unreading
  7. unreads
  8. unready
  9. unreaerated
  10. unreaffirmed
  11. unreal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unreading (page history and authors); unread (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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