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- adjective That does not lead to
attainment
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Examples
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With the unattaining passion that consumes the unsleeping soul:
The Poems of William Watson William Watson 1896
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No mortal's endeavour or attainment will, in the smallest, content the as yet unendeavouring, unattaining young gentleman; but he could make it all infinitely better, were it worthy of him.
Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History Thomas Carlyle 1838
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