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单词 ungiving
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ungivingadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈgiving.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective]
refusing1409
negative1576
declining1639
declinatory1673
ungiving1682
negativing1776
disavowing1828
1682 J. Dryden in J. Banks Unhappy Favourite Epil. sig. Lv Courtiers living on the Rents, Of the Three last ungiving Parliaments.
1692 J. Dryden Cleomenes iii. ii. 32 In vain at Shrines th'ungiving suppliant stands.
1737 Ld. Hervey Mem. (1848) II. xxviii. 251 The costive nature of the King's ungiving spirit.
1829 C. Lamb Gypsy's Malison 14 So sang a wither'd Beldam.., And bann'd the ungiving door.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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