undespairing

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ despairing

Adjective[edit]

undespairing (comparative more undespairing, superlative most undespairing)

  1. Not despairing.
    • 1898, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Heroes of the Middle West[1]:
      Whatever may have been his thoughts, the undespairing Norman grappled with his troubles in the usual way.