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单词 unadmiring
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unadmiringadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, admiring adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + admiring adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unadˈmiring.
a. (un- prefix1 4, 7b.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [adjective] > not admiring
unadmiring1858
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. ii. xii. 167 Unadmiring posterity has confirmed the nickname.
1881 Times 20 Aug. 9/2 Before an impatient and unadmiring audience.
b. Used with participial construction.
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1876 R. Broughton Joan xxi Joan looks away again, utterly unadmiring herself.

Derivatives

unadˈmiringly adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [adverb] > unadmiringly
unadmiringly1862
1862 J. Skelton Nugæ Criticæ iii. 150 One, whose massive brow and chiselled eyelids you..have noted not unadmiringly.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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