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Etymology

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un- +‎ contenting

Adjective

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uncontenting (comparative more uncontenting, superlative most uncontenting)

  1. (archaic) unsatisfying
    • 1895, Richard Wagner, The art-work of the future, page 277:
      An absolute respect for the Monumental is entirely unthinkable: at best, it can only bolster itself upon æsthetic revulsion against an uncontenting Present.