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untaking

untaking adjective: not taking; not alluring or appealing.

Adjective

untaking (comparative more untaking, superlative most untaking)

  1. Not taking; not alluring or appealing.
    • "Isabella, I am sure you must know what I mean. When persons are tired of taking people—"
      "Then they take to untaking ones," exclaimed Anna, laughing.1856, Elizabeth Sewell, Ivors

Forms of untaking

comparativemore untaking
superlativemost untaking

Origin of untaking

From un- + taking.

Questions about untaking

What does untaking mean?
Untaking means not taking; not alluring or appealing.
What part of speech is untaking?
Untaking is an adjective.

Words near untaking in the dictionary

  1. untakable
  2. untakeable
  3. untaken
  4. untaken advantage of
  5. untaken-advantage-of
  6. untaking
  7. Untalan
  8. Untalans
  9. untalced
  10. untalented
  11. untalentedly

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