unbrooding en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + brooding.
Meanings
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Not brooding.
"Wally never broods about anything," says his wife, Jo, and his casual, unbrooding approach has seen some of the tenser astronauts through a few of the more anxious moments in the three years of Project Mercury's existence.
2008, Robert Silverberg, First American Into Space, page 72:the unintrospective, unbrooding acceptance of grim realities
1969, Bertrand Harris Bronson, The ballad as song, page 11:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unbrooding | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unbrooding | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |