unenjoying en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + enjoying.
Meanings
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Not gaining enjoyment.
She is one of our outcasts; a common prostitute, who obtains from the wages of promiscuous intercourse her daily bread; who sells for hire, in unenjoying prostitution, the feminine embraces given by Nature for mutual solace and endearment.
1823, Henry Horne, The Citizen of Nature:The coachman was used to drive his grays at a good pace, Mr Casaubon being unenjoying and impatient in everything away from his desk, and wanting to get to the end of all journeys; and Dorothea was now bowled along quickly.
1871–1872, George Eliot [pseudonym; Mary Ann Evans], Middlemarch […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, →OCLC, book (please specify |book=I to VIII):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unenjoying | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unenjoying | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |