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unˈtempting, ppl. a.
(un-1 10.)
1824Lytton in Life & Lett. (1883) I. 294 The poor animal..bent his head languidly over the untempting food. 1859F. E. Paget Curate Cumberworth 353 A schoolboy repugnance to go back to my smoky lodgings, and Mrs. Ferrall's untempting fare.
Hence unˈtemptingly adv.
[1847Webster.] a1856H. Miller Rambles Geologist (1858) 357 The day was still unfavorable, and the [geological] sections seemed untemptingly indifferent. |