unretarding

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adjective

Not slowing down or hindering.

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Meanings

adjectiveunretarding (not comparable)
  1. not comparableNot slowing down or hindering.

    That highly archaic and biblical element, which William Morris often mixed, with as lovely and unretarding an effect as Spenser, into his own English, Powell uses much more lightly and sparingly.

    1906, Frederick York Powell: Memoir and letters, page 106

Origin

From un- + retarding.

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APA

unretarding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unretarding

MLA

“unretarding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unretarding. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unretarding,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unretarding.

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