uncontenting
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From un- + contenting.
Adjective
[edit]uncontenting (comparative more uncontenting, superlative most uncontenting)
- (archaic) unsatisfying
- 1895, Richard Wagner, The art-work of the future, page 277:
- An absolute respect for the Monumental is entirely unthinkable: at best, it can only bolster itself upon æsthetic revulsion against an uncontenting Present.