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unstinging

unstinging is the present participle and gerund of unsting.

Meaning of unsting

Verb

unsting (third-person singular simple present unstings, present participle unstinging, simple past and past participle unstinged)

  1. (archaic, figuratively, often, transitive) To remove the sting of
    • Elegant dissertations on virtue and vice […] will not unsting calamity.a. 1829, John Mitchell Mason, a sermon

Adjective

unstinging (not comparable)

  1. That does not sting.
    • […] the unstinging little native bees.1872, Norman Macleod, editor, Good Words for the Young, volume 4, page 79

Questions about unstinging

What does unstinging mean?
Unstinging means that does not sting.
What is unstinging the present participle and gerund of?
Unstinging is the present participle and gerund of unsting.
What part of speech is unstinging?
Unstinging is an adjective.

Words near unstinging in the dictionary

  1. unstimulating
  2. unstimulatory
  3. unsting
  4. unstingable
  5. unstinged
  6. unstinging
  7. unstings
  8. unstingy
  9. unstink
  10. unstinked
  11. unstinking

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unstinging (page history and authors); unsting (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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