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单词 unriveting
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unrivetingn.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪvɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɪvᵻdɪŋ/
Forms: see un- prefix2 and rivet v. and -ing suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix2, rivet v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix2 + rivet v. + -ing suffix1. Compare slightly later unrivet v.
The action of unrivet v.
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1577 Treasurers' Accts. in J. Webb Town Finances Elizabethan Ipswich (1996) 51 The taking downe and unryviting of the olde jaile dores.
a1662 P. Heylyn Cyprianus Anglicus (1668) 370 He screwed himself so far into his Majesties good opinion, that whosoever undertook the unrivetting of him, made him faster in it.
1797 Monthly Rev. Oct. 239 When the unriveting of their chains has been performed with due precautions.
1885 W. Morris in J. W. Mackail Life W. Morris (1899) II. 134 Only the complete unriveting of the chain will really free us.
1914 G. H. Putnam Memories of my Youth xiv. 314 The unriveting of these plates was done during the night.
2005 M. Bjornerud Reading Rocks (2006) 215 For a riveting account of this disastrous unriveting.., see Mark Eberhart, ‘Why Things Break’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

unrivetingadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɪvᵻtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɪvᵻdɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, riveting adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + riveting adj.
Not riveting; dull, boring.
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1977 Financial Times 22 July 14/4 Supply days..have been blissful lulls in the storm for Mr. Callaghan, as a glance at a most unriveting list of topics reveals.
1998 Facts (Brazoria County, Texas) 22 Dec. b1 A thoroughly unriveting 96-64 non-district win.
2010 R. McKendry in J. Cline & R. G. Weiner From Arthouse to Grindhouse v. 65 In Bad Girls Go to Hell, there is a particularly unriveting and monotone scene between two lesbians.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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