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untouching

untouching adjective: not touching; not making physical contact. Also the present participle and gerund of untouch.

Adjective

untouching (not comparable)

  1. Not touching; not making physical contact.
    • Space is a series of untouching atoms and time a succession of untouching moments.1988, Stephen N Hay, William Theodore De Bary, Sources of Indian Tradition, page 390

Also used as

untouching is also the present participle and gerund of untouch.

Origin of untouching

From un- + touching.

Questions about untouching

What does untouching mean?
Untouching means not touching; not making physical contact.
What part of speech is untouching?
Untouching is an adjective.

Words near untouching in the dictionary

  1. untouchably
  2. untouched
  3. untouchedly
  4. untouchedness
  5. untouches
  6. untouching
  7. untouchingly
  8. untoucht
  9. untouchy
  10. untough
  11. untoughened

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