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UNCOMPLAINING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does uncomplaining mean?
• UNCOMPLAINING (adjective)
The adjective UNCOMPLAINING has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: UNCOMPLAINING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not complaining
Context example:
uncomplaining courage
Also:
patient (enduring trying circumstances with even temper or characterized by such endurance)
Antonym:
complaining (expressing pain or dissatisfaction of resentment)
Context examples
Good, quiet, uncomplaining mother Nature, long slighted and miscalled, still bides her time and draws to her bosom the most errant of her children.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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