unattaining
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
unattaining (comparative more unattaining, superlative most unattaining)
- That does not lead to attainment
- 1 December 1890, William Watson, Ireland:
- There she clutches at illusions, and she seeks the phantom goal
- With the unattaining passion that consumes the unsleeping soul:
- And calamity enfolds her, like the shadow of a ban,
- And the niggardness of Nature makes the misery of man;
- 1 December 1890, William Watson, Ireland: