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unteeming

unteeming adjective: that does not teem.

Adjective

unteeming (not comparable)

  1. That does not teem.
    • What is Death / But Life in act? How should the Unteeming Grave / Be victor over thee, / Mother, a mother of men?1926, Henley William Ernest, Poems, page 116
    • Usually, though, the light days in the water were unbiological, unteeming times.2016, Charles Foster, Being a Beast
  2. (obsolete) Barren; infertile.
    • the unteeming womb

Origin of unteeming

From un- + teeming.

Questions about unteeming

What does unteeming mean?
Unteeming means that does not teem.
What part of speech is unteeming?
Unteeming is an adjective.

Words near unteeming in the dictionary

  1. untechnically
  2. untechy
  3. untectonized
  4. untedded
  5. untedious
  6. unteeming
  7. unteethed
  8. unteetotal
  9. untelegenic
  10. untelegraphed
  11. unteleological

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