unoccurring

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ occurring

Adjective[edit]

unoccurring (not comparable)

  1. That does not occur.
    • 1974, Stephan V. Beyer, The Buddhist Experience: Sources and Interpretations, page 211:
      It was none of these, for form does not occur, & enlightenment does not occur: how can the unoccurring be enlightened about the unoccurring?
    • 2001, Don DeLillo, The Body Artist, page 77:
      It is a kind of time that is simply and overwhelmingly there, laid out, unoccurring, and he lacks the inborn ability to reconceive this condition.

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