unassuring

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adjective

Not providing assurance.

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Meanings

adjectiveunassuring (comparative more unassuring, superlative most unassuring)

comparative more unassuring · superlative most unassuring

  1. Not providing assurance.

    His trust in God was exemplified in his constant peacefulness and freedom from all concern on the question of supplies, no matter how unassuring the outlook happened to be.

    1892, Elijah P. Brown, Blasts from a Ram's Horn, page 238

Origin

From un- + assuring.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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