Meanings
adjectiveunbidding (comparative more unbidding, superlative most unbidding)
comparative more unbidding · superlative most unbidding
- Not bidding
Origin
- Proto-Germanic*unbidjandz“not asking”
- Old Englishunbiddende
- Middle Englishunbiddende
- Englishunbidding
From Middle English unbiddende, from Old English unbiddende, from Proto-Germanic *unbidjandz (“not asking”), equivalent to un- + bidding.
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unbidding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbidding
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“unbidding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbidding. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbidding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbidding.
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