undraining

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adjective

That does not drain.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of undrain
adjectiveundraining (comparative more undraining, superlative most undraining)

comparative more undraining · superlative most undraining

  1. That does not drain.

    If heavy undraining soil spoils your plant selection, grow 'Passion Mix' in containers with a soilless mix.

    1999, California Garden - Volumes 90-91, page 54
    1 more example

    Hesiod speaks of the mysterious region where 'dark earth, misty Tartarus, the undraining sea, and the starry heaven all have their sources and extremities in order', and in Homer's account of the division by lot among the sons of Kronos 'everything' is divided up into the four portions, earth, broad heaven, hoary sea, and misty darkness.

    1997, M. L. West, The East Face of Helicon
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