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单词 unpartaking
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unpartakingadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnpɑːˈteɪkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˌpɑrˈteɪkɪŋ/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and partake v. and -ing suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, partake v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + partake v. + -ing suffix2. Compare slightly later partaking adj. 2.
That does not participate or take part. Also with of: not participating or taking part in something.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > taking no part in action
unpartaking1606
unparticipating1782
non-acting1838
unparticipative1854
1606 S. Daniel Queenes Arcadia iv. i. sig. G2 And now hath sorrow no worse plague I see, Then free and vnpartaking companie.
1796 S. T. Coleridge Ode Departing Year 15 I unpartaking of the evil thing, With daily prayer, and daily toil..Have wail'd my country with a loud lament.
1843 Knickerbocker Mar. 263 He was..compelled to hear the very pigeons cooing on the eaves, and, unpartaking, to witness the universal passion and acknowledgment of love.
1882 Unitarian Rev. Sept. 267 God is here, not distant, unheeding, unpartaking, incommunicable, but here among us.
1920 Painter & Decorator June 220/2 I speak for..the unpartaking victims of your arrogant efficiency.
1974 Times Lit. Suppl. 21 June 2/3 The poet recognizes wryly that..his existence cannot be underwritten by this art: he must find ‘customs and establishments’ invisible to it, unpartaking of it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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