unflushing

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ flushing.

Adjective

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unflushing (not comparable)

  1. That does not flush.
    • 2002, Michael Gerber, Barry Trotter and the Unauthorized Parody, page 25:
      Bumblemore was constantly calling the house elves in to fix this or that thing, but they were unionized and often on strike, so everybody had learned to accept unflushing toilets and small electrical fires []
    • 2004, Simon Gray, The Smoking Diaries, page 166:
      [] the restaurants with their unflushing lavatories located in the middle of the kitchens, the fingernails of the waiters, the condition of the plates and cutlery, not to mention the food itself []