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uncontending en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + contending.

Meanings

1. Not contending.
   • His judgment was penetrating and manly, totally unmixed with imbecility and confusion, while at the same time there was such an uncontending frankness in his countenance, that a superficial observer would have supposed he must have been the prey of the first plausible knavery that was practised against him. 1903, William Godwin, Caleb Williams:
   • In him I see a strong human creature, contending with all hardship: in you also a human creature, uncontending, and possibly not strong. 1885, John Ruskin, On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2):

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