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Unbeing

//ʌnˈbiːɪŋ// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not in existence, nonexistent. not-comparable, obsolete

    "Beings yet unbeing"

Noun
  1. 1
    Nonexistence. uncountable

    "What we fear most is not death itself but the prospect of not being, or rather of unbeing, a state where we altogether cease to exist. The idea of unbeing is so alien to us that we find it almost impossible to conceive."

  2. 2
    A nonbeing; an entity of no existence or significance. countable

    "The house is pale as though its life-blood were sucked and the Cabots reduced to unbeings."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English unbeing, equivalent to un- + being.

Etymology 2

From Middle English unbeing, equivalent to un- + being.

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