What does unarresting mean?
Unarresting means present participle and gerund of unarrest.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of unarrest.
[…] a meagre and monotonous evangelism — shunning to declare the whole counsel of God, or reiterating a few favourite phrases till they grow as trite and unarresting as a cuckoo-song — has provoked that fatal falsehood […]
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Unarresting means present participle and gerund of unarrest.
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[…] a meagre and monotonous evangelism — shunning to declare the whole counsel of God, or reiterating a few favourite phrases till they grow as trite and unarresting as a cuckoo-song — has provoked that fatal falsehood […]
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