Unpartaking

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not partaking. not-comparable

    "He was an outcast among the sweetest scenes of nature; compelled to hear the very pigeons cooing on the eaves, and, unpartaking, to witness the universal passion and acknowledgment of love."

Example

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"He was an outcast among the sweetest scenes of nature; compelled to hear the very pigeons cooing on the eaves, and, unpartaking, to witness the universal passion and acknowledgment of love."

Etymology

From un- + partaking.

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