unenlivening

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adjective

Not enlivening.

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Meanings

adjectiveunenlivening (comparative more unenlivening, superlative most unenlivening)

comparative more unenlivening · superlative most unenlivening

  1. Not enlivening.

    These unenlivening calculations were catching.

    1904, Elizabeth Robins (C. E. Raimond), The Magnetic North
    1 more example

    There were books with dreary, unenlivening titles,--egotistic always, as recording Smith's opinions on this, and Jones's commentaries on that.

    1877, Bret Harte, The Story of a Mine

Origin

From un- + enlivening.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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