unloving en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English loving English unloving From un- + loving.
Meanings
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Not loving.
The negative belief is always more petty, self-serving, unallowing, resistant, fearful, and unloving.
2014, Sean Morgan, Tracy Phillips, Mastery of Change:Every year between six and eight million parents desert their children; two to three million teenagers run away from typically unloving homes.
1977 April 30, Louie Crew, “Expelling the Genital Exchequers from the Temple”, in Gay Community News, page 5:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unloving | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unloving | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |