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unaˈspiring, ppl. a.
(un-1 10.)
a1729J. Rogers Serm. (1736) 173 An easy unaspiring Temper which rests satisfy'd with its present Share of the Bounties of Providence. 1806R. Mant Poems, To Bp. Durham i. 2 She loves..To cheer with unaspiring lay The dear domestic shade. 1852Ld. Cockburn Jeffrey I. 103 The unaspiring life, I believe, has the least positive wretchedness.
Hence unaˈspiringness.
1681Whole Duty Nations 64 The Humility, Modesty, and unaspiringness of Christianity. 1861Mill Repr. Govt. iii. 64 Inactivity, unaspiringness, absence of desire, are a more fatal hindrance to improvement than any misdirection of energy. |