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English
Verb
unpossessing
- present participle and gerund of unpossess
Adjective
unpossessing (not comparable)
- Lacking possessions; poor.
c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Thou unpossessing bastard! Dost thou think / If I would stand against thee, would the reposal / Of any trust, virtue, or worth in thee / Make thy words faithed? No.
1993, Fred B. Craddock, John H. Hayes, Carl R. Holladay, Preaching Through the Christian Year, page 504:Yahweh is not an unconcerned transcendent Deity but the caretaker of the dispossessed and the unpossessing.