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abegging

American

[uh-beg-ing] / əˈbɛg ɪŋ /

adverb

Archaic. begging.

idioms

go abegging, to be unnoticed, unused, or unappreciated; find few supporters.

New ideas often go abegging.

Etymology

Origin of abegging

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at a- ¹, beg ¹, -ing ²

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In the care of U.S. bureaucracy, that concern went abegging for years.

From Time Magazine Archive

More than two years have passed since the FCC set aside 242 tax-exempt channels for education, and 195 of them are still going abegging.

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