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Etymology 1

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From un- +‎ slipping.

Adjective

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unslipping (not comparable)

  1. That does not slip.
    • c. 1607, William Shakespeare, Antony and Cleopatra:
      To make you brothers, and to knit your hearts
      With an unslipping knot, take Anthony
      Octavia to his wife, whose beauty claims
      No worse a husband than the best of men.

Etymology 2

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Verb

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unslipping

  1. present participle and gerund of unslip