unfighting

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English

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Etymology 1

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From un- +‎ fighting.

Adjective

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unfighting (not comparable)

  1. That does not fight.
    • 1860, James Amphlett, The Newspaper Press, in Part of the Last Century..., page 104:
      As Ministers, you're hooted, hiss'd, / His Majesty's great undismiss'd: / All by unfighting Dan you're lick'd, / The yet unoust, the great unkick'd; []
    • 1883, The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, page 34:
      Blind to his own interests, the foolish Duryodhana asked for the troops; while Arjuna solicited Krishna as an unfighting counsellor.

Etymology 2

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From unfight +‎ -ing.

Verb

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unfighting

  1. present participle and gerund of unfight