infringing

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adjective

violative

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of infringe
adjectiveinfringing (comparative more infringing, superlative most infringing)

comparative more infringing · superlative most infringing

  1. violative

    NHL says it's infringing to use the keyword NHL in your app about the NHL.

    2011 May 11, “NHL Says It's Infringing To Use The Keyword NHL In Your App About The NHL”, in Techdirt
    2 more examples

    …it is infringing to offer abroad a process which either consitutes an infringement…

    2021, Paul England, Simon Cohen, A User's Guide to Intellectual Property in Life Sciences

    Plaintiff further alleges that it is not so infringing, that such patent is invalid…

    1953, Federal Supplement - Volume 111

Origin

From infringe + -ing.

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APA

infringing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infringing

MLA

“infringing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infringing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “infringing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/infringing.

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