unsurrendering

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adjective

Not surrendering; indomitable

“She had an unsurrendering optimism.”

Scrabble 16

Meanings

adjective
  1. Not surrendering; indomitable

    She had an unsurrendering optimism.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishsurrendering
  9. Englishunsurrendering

From un- + surrendering.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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