unliquidating en · ADJ
Etymology
From un- + liquidating.
Meanings
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Not liquidating.
In terms of international commerce an unliquidating favorable trade balance would sound "funny." It is not altogether not so in the minds of Alaskan folk.
1939, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, Committee Study Resolution - Alaskan Fisheries Hearings, page 759:The Sinking-Fund's unfathomable sea, / That most unliquidating liquid, leaves / The debt unsunk, yet sinks all it receives.
1824 March 26, [Lord Byron], Don Juan. Cantos XV. and XVI., London: […] [C. H. Reynell] for John and H[enry] L[eigh] Hunt, […], →OCLC, canto XVI, (please specify the stanza number):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most unliquidating | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more unliquidating | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |