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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unbreaking en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From unbreak + -ing.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of unbreak
    form of unbreak

unbreaking en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From un- + breaking.

Meanings

  1. That does not break; unbreakable or unbroken.
    • The river snaked through the forest, and they travelled on hour after hour, through an unbreaking monotony of green. 2014, William King, Ocean of Fear: Book Six of the Kormak Saga:
    • Their sorry tragedy is cleared away from the universe, and at the end comes in that strange consciousness of the unbreaking perpetual stream of life which makes every tragedy bearable. 1869, Historical Sketches of the Reign of George Second:
    • At evening, another meal and catheter emptying followed by more television watching until “lights out.” Each new day was a boring and monotonous extension of the previous day—eat, watch TV, sleep—in an unbreaking, sickening cycle. 2010, Joni Eareckson Tada, Joni: An Unforgettable Story:

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most unbreaking Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unbreaking Degree=Cmp lexicographic