unbeholding

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adjective

That does not behold.

OriginEnglish beholding ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

adjectiveunbeholding (not comparable)
  1. not comparablepoeticrareThat does not behold.

    The sea that receives, or the rivers that run, / The flower, or the unbeholding sun / Happier, who shall say?

    1896, Edith Matilda Thomas, A Winter Swallow: With Other Verse, page 45

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishbeholding
  9. Englishunbeholding

From un- + beholding.

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APA

unbeholding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeholding

MLA

“unbeholding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeholding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbeholding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbeholding.

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