unattaining

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adjective

That does not lead to attainment

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Meanings

adjectiveunattaining (comparative more unattaining, superlative most unattaining)

comparative more unattaining · superlative most unattaining

  1. That does not lead to attainment

    There she clutches at illusions, and she seeks the phantom goal With the unattaining passion that consumes the unsleeping soul: And calamity enfolds her, like the shadow of a ban, And the niggardness of Nature makes the misery of man;

    1 December 1890, William Watson, Ireland

Origin

From un- + attaining.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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