"uncontending" meaning in English

See uncontending in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more uncontending [comparative], most uncontending [superlative]
Etymology: From un- + contending. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|contending}} un- + contending Head templates: {{en-adj}} uncontending (comparative more uncontending, superlative most uncontending)
  1. Not contending.
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "contending"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + contending",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + contending.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more uncontending",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most uncontending",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "uncontending (comparative more uncontending, superlative most uncontending)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with un-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1885, John Ruskin, On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2):",
          "text": "In him I see a strong human creature, contending with all hardship: in you also a human creature, uncontending, and possibly not strong.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903, William Godwin, Caleb Williams:",
          "text": "His judgment was penetrating and manly, totally unmixed with imbecility and confusion, while at the same time there was such an uncontending frankness in his countenance, that a superficial observer would have supposed he must have been the prey of the first plausible knavery that was practised against him.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not contending."
      ],
      "id": "en-uncontending-en-adj-soWHz6af",
      "links": [
        [
          "contend",
          "contend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncontending"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "un",
        "3": "contending"
      },
      "expansion": "un- + contending",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From un- + contending.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more uncontending",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most uncontending",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "uncontending (comparative more uncontending, superlative most uncontending)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms prefixed with un-",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1885, John Ruskin, On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2):",
          "text": "In him I see a strong human creature, contending with all hardship: in you also a human creature, uncontending, and possibly not strong.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1903, William Godwin, Caleb Williams:",
          "text": "His judgment was penetrating and manly, totally unmixed with imbecility and confusion, while at the same time there was such an uncontending frankness in his countenance, that a superficial observer would have supposed he must have been the prey of the first plausible knavery that was practised against him.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not contending."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "contend",
          "contend"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "uncontending"
}

Download raw JSONL data for uncontending meaning in English (1.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.