unfeeding

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ feeding.

Adjective

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unfeeding (not comparable)

  1. That does not feed (itself or others).
    • 1842, Edwin Sandys, John Ayre, The Sermons of Edwin Sandys, page 355:
      [] the false deceiver, the cruel prince, the unfeeding pastor, the unjust judge, the deceitful merchant, what may they answer in that day but plead guilty?
    • 1889, William Morris, The House of the Wolfings:
      And the wild-deer lay unfeeding on the grass of the forest glades