unarresting

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adjective

Not arresting; that does not hold the attention.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of unarrest
adjectiveunarresting (comparative more unarresting, superlative most unarresting)

comparative more unarresting · superlative most unarresting

  1. Not arresting; that does not hold the attention.

    […] a meagre and monotonous evangelism — shunning to declare the whole counsel of God, or reiterating a few favourite phrases till they grow as trite and unarresting as a cuckoo-song — has provoked that fatal falsehood […]

    1859, James Hamilton, Christian Classics
Cite this entry
APA

unarresting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarresting

MLA

“unarresting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarresting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unarresting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unarresting.

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