Unenlivening

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not enlivening.

    "There were books with dreary, unenlivening titles,--egotistic always, as recording Smith's opinions on this, and Jones's commentaries on that."

Example

More examples

"There were books with dreary, unenlivening titles,--egotistic always, as recording Smith's opinions on this, and Jones's commentaries on that."

Etymology

From un- + enlivening.

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