Definitions
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- adjective Not
germinating .
Etymologies
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un- + germinating
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Examples
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Its bronzed adobe walls mocked the green vine that embraced them, the crumbling dust of its courtyard remained ungerminating and unfruitful; to the thousand stirring voices without, its dry lips alone remained mute, unresponsive and unchanged.
On the Frontier Bret Harte 1869
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For years the homely item remained an ungerminating seed in my mind, then started to grow, and the story was written in two months.
Taken Alive Edward Payson Roe 1863
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