unsupporting 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 supporting English unsupporting From un- + supporting.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) That serves no supporting purpose in a structure.
The calculated shearing stress on the adjoining and unsupporting strata...
1935, Bulletin of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists:
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(not-comparable) Unsupportive.
The table is deliberately confined to three of the factors, namely lack of intellectual ability, unsupporting home background, and personal factors.
1965, Reginald R Dale, Stephen Griffith, Down Stream: Failure in the Grammar School: