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