Meanings
- not comparableNot embracing.
My brother, if ever I shall seem reserved and unembracing to thee, still thou must ever trust the heart of Isabel, and permit no doubt to cross thee there.
1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities1 more example
Since my days as a student, the city has encroached upon Salpetriere so it no longer has its country-estate disguise. The stiff, unembracing stone arms spread out from the domed chapel, an ironic center of a hell realm.
2006, Kate Horsley, Black Elk in Paris, page 3
Origin
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