"unlifting" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From un- + lifting. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|lifting}} un- + lifting Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} unlifting (not comparable)
  1. That does not lift or abate. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-unlifting-en-adj-i9bwy7dm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with un-, Pages with 1 entry
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          "ref": "2006, Lisa C. Hickman, William Faulkner and Joan Williams: The Romance of Two Writers",
          "text": "For Faulkner, these years marry professional triumphs and personal disappointments: the Nobel Prize for Literature and an increasingly unlifting depression. For Joan, these years were a tempest of youth and a burgeoning literary career.",
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