unembracing

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ embracing.

Adjective

unembracing (not comparable)

1. Not embracing.
   • 1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or, The Ambiguities:

     My brother, if ever I shall seem reserved and unembracing to thee, still thou must ever trust the heart of Isabel, and permit no doubt to cross thee there.

   • 2006, Kate Horsley, Black Elk in Paris, page 3:

     Since my days as a student, the city has encroached upon Salpetriere so it no longer has its country-estate disguise. The stiff, unembracing stone arms spread out from the domed chapel, an ironic center of a hell realm.