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单词 unreturning
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unreturningadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈtəːnɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈtərnɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, returning adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + returning adj.
That does not or cannot return.
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the world > space > place > absence > [adjective] > not returned or returning
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a1628 F. Greville Life of Sidney (1651) xiv. 181 Yet these unreturning steps seemed well worth the observing.
1688 Misc. of Poems 50 in A. Behn Lycidus What toyl and time has this false Woman cost, How much of unreturning Youth has for her sake bin lost?
1731 D. Mallet Eurydice v. i. 68 To bring back The darted sun-beam, or recall the flight Of unreturning time.
1796 T. Beddoes Ess. Public Merits Mr. Pitt ix. 157 The unfortunate nature of our connexion with the East Indies, has alone immensely added to the number of our unproductive and unreturning consumers.
1856 J. G. Whittier Panorama 507 Ghosts of unreturning sails.
1908 Collier's 28 Nov. 18/3 To expend precious unreturning vitality and real labour against imaginary danger, that is heartbreakingly absurd!
2004 Amer. Scholar 73 83 I asked Bud Galloway how he felt about..the unreturning ancient Indians, whose tools and vessels he collected.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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