unpassingadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɑːsɪŋ/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈpasɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənˈpæsɪŋ/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and passing adj., prep., and adv.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, passing adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + passing adj.

Not passing; esp. (of time or things bound or measured by time) not passing away; enduring.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring

longeOE

longsomeeOE

long of lifeOE

lastinga1225

cleaving1340

continualc1340

dwellingc1380

long-livinga1382

everlastingc1384

long-duringa1387

long-lasting?a1400

long-liveda1400

broadc1400

permanable?c1422

perseverant?a1425

permanentc1425

perdurable?a1439

continuedc1440

abiding1448

unremoved1455

eternalc1460

long-continued1464

continuing1526

long-enduring1527

enduring1532

immortal1538

diuturn?1541

veterated1547

resiant?1567

stayinga1568

well-wearinga1568

substantive1575

pertinacious1578

extant1581

ceaseless1590

marble1596

of length1597

longeval1598

diuturnal1599

nine-lived1600

chronic1601

unexhausted1602

chronical1604

endurable1607

continuant1610

indeflourishing1610

aged1611

indurant1611

continuatea1616

perennious1628

seculara1631

undiscontinueda1631

continuated1632

untransitory1632

long-spun1633

momently1641

stative1643

outliving1645

constant1653

long-descended1660

voluminousa1661

perduring1664

perdurant1671

livelong1673

perennial1676

longeve1678

consequential1681

unquenched1703

lifelong1746

momentary1755

inveterate1780

stabile1797

persistent1826

unpassing1831

all-time1846

year-long1846

teak-built1847

lengthful1855

long-term1867

long haul1873

sticky1879

week-to-week1879

perenduring1883

long-range1885

longish1889

long-time1902

long run1904

long-life1915

1831 C. Ormond in N. C. Brooks Amethyst 46 Just then she uttered a passage of unpassing tenderness.

1887 ‘H. Haliburton’ Scotland's Sake 219 An unpassing present of passionless repose.

1904 W. Sharp Let. 9 Jan. in Memoir (1912) II. xxiii. 224 It deals in a new way with a subject of unpassing interest.

1954 V. P. Watkins Death Bell 62 The unpassing moment's arrested glory, a life locked fast in the cliff.

2005 T. Quidera From Here to Eternity iii. 61 We have a hope eternal, immeasurable, unpassing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unpassing
释义	unpassingadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpɑːsɪŋ/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈpasɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈpæsɪŋ/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and passing adj., prep., and adv. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, passing adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + passing adj. Not passing; esp. (of time or things bound or measured by time) not passing away; enduring. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [adjective] > long-lasting or enduring longeOE longsomeeOE long of lifeOE lastinga1225 cleaving1340 continualc1340 dwellingc1380 long-livinga1382 everlastingc1384 long-duringa1387 long-lasting?a1400 long-liveda1400 broadc1400 permanable?c1422 perseverant?a1425 permanentc1425 perdurable?a1439 continuedc1440 abiding1448 unremoved1455 eternalc1460 long-continued1464 continuing1526 long-enduring1527 enduring1532 immortal1538 diuturn?1541 veterated1547 resiant?1567 stayinga1568 well-wearinga1568 substantive1575 pertinacious1578 extant1581 ceaseless1590 marble1596 of length1597 longeval1598 diuturnal1599 nine-lived1600 chronic1601 unexhausted1602 chronical1604 endurable1607 continuant1610 indeflourishing1610 aged1611 indurant1611 continuatea1616 perennious1628 seculara1631 undiscontinueda1631 continuated1632 untransitory1632 long-spun1633 momently1641 stative1643 outliving1645 constant1653 long-descended1660 voluminousa1661 perduring1664 perdurant1671 livelong1673 perennial1676 longeve1678 consequential1681 unquenched1703 lifelong1746 momentary1755 inveterate1780 stabile1797 persistent1826 unpassing1831 all-time1846 year-long1846 teak-built1847 lengthful1855 long-term1867 long haul1873 sticky1879 week-to-week1879 perenduring1883 long-range1885 longish1889 long-time1902 long run1904 long-life1915 1831 C. Ormond in N. C. Brooks Amethyst 46 Just then she uttered a passage of unpassing tenderness. 1887 ‘H. Haliburton’ Scotland's Sake 219 An unpassing present of passionless repose. 1904 W. Sharp Let. 9 Jan. in Memoir (1912) II. xxiii. 224 It deals in a new way with a subject of unpassing interest. 1954 V. P. Watkins Death Bell 62 The unpassing moment's arrested glory, a life locked fast in the cliff. 2005 T. Quidera From Here to Eternity iii. 61 We have a hope eternal, immeasurable, unpassing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1831
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