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unrecognizing

unrecognizing is the present participle and gerund of unrecognize.

Meaning of unrecognize

Verb

unrecognize (third-person singular simple present unrecognizes, present participle unrecognizing, simple past and past participle unrecognized)

  1. (transitive) To cease to recognize.
    • We are so good that it is almost impossible to unrecognize a face in order to notice the asymmetries that help us first recognize it.2007 August 15, “Reading Lincoln’s Face”, in New York Times

Adjective

unrecognizing (comparative more unrecognizing, superlative most unrecognizing)

  1. Not showing recognition.

Forms of unrecognizing

comparativemore unrecognizing
superlativemost unrecognizing

Words formed from unrecognizing

Questions about unrecognizing

What does unrecognizing mean?
Unrecognizing means not showing recognition.
What is unrecognizing the present participle and gerund of?
Unrecognizing is the present participle and gerund of unrecognize.
What part of speech is unrecognizing?
Unrecognizing is an adjective.

Words near unrecognizing in the dictionary

  1. unrecognizableness
  2. unrecognizably
  3. unrecognize
  4. unrecognized
  5. unrecognizes
  6. unrecognizing
  7. unrecognizingly
  8. unrecoiling
  9. unrecollectable
  10. unrecollected
  11. unrecollection

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unrecognizing (page history and authors); unrecognize (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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