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unretarding

unretarding adjective: not slowing down or hindering.

Adjective

unretarding (not comparable)

  1. Not slowing down or hindering.
    • That highly archaic and biblical element, which William Morris often mixed, with as lovely and unretarding an effect as Spenser, into his own English, Powell uses much more lightly and sparingly.1906, Frederick York Powell: Memoir and letters, page 106

Origin of unretarding

From un- + retarding.

Questions about unretarding

What does unretarding mean?
Unretarding means not slowing down or hindering.
What part of speech is unretarding?
Unretarding is an adjective.

Words near unretarding in the dictionary

  1. unretaliative
  2. unretaliatory
  3. unretardable
  4. unretardant
  5. unretarded
  6. unretarding
  7. unretentive
  8. unreticent
  9. unreticulated
  10. unretinued
  11. unretire

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