untaking

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adjective

Not taking; not alluring or appealing.

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Meanings

adjectiveuntaking (comparative more untaking, superlative most untaking)

comparative more untaking · superlative most untaking

  1. Not taking; not alluring or appealing.

    "Isabella, I am sure you must know what I mean. When persons are tired of taking people—" "Then they take to untaking ones," exclaimed Anna, laughing.

    1856, Elizabeth Sewell, Ivors

Origin

From un- + taking.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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