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Etymology

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un- +‎ despairing

Adjective

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undespairing (comparative more undespairing, superlative most undespairing)

  1. Not despairing.
    • 1898, Mary Hartwell Catherwood, Heroes of the Middle West[1]:
      Whatever may have been his thoughts, the undespairing Norman grappled with his troubles in the usual way.