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unthinning

unthinning adjective: not becoming thin.

Adjective

unthinning (not comparable)

  1. Not becoming thin.
    • Looking down I found myself staring at the wiry and unthinning hair of Volumnia.1993, Jane Gardam, William Trevor, Rose Tremain, Trio: Three Short Stories from Cheltenham, page 35
    • Bees hum their shift in unthinning mists of white
      bursaria blossom, under the noon of wattles.2012, Les Murray, New Selected Poems

Origin of unthinning

From un- + thinning.

Questions about unthinning

What does unthinning mean?
Unthinning means not becoming thin.
What part of speech is unthinning?
Unthinning is an adjective.

Words near unthinning in the dictionary

  1. unthinking
  2. unthinkingly
  3. unthinkingness
  4. unthinks
  5. unthinned
  6. unthinning
  7. unthirsting
  8. unthirsty
  9. unthonged
  10. unthorny
  11. unthorough

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