participate
verb (used without object)
to take or have a part or share, as with others; partake; share (usually followed byin ).
unparticipating
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a word derived from
participate.
Example Sentences
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It is one year and two months since these same men stood unparticipating, with Brennus d'Agoust at the Palais de Justice, when Fate overtook d'Espremenil; and now they have participated; and will participate.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
But, withdrawn in a corner, wrapped about in a shawl, sits an unparticipating man, visited, but not warmed, by the sun—a plant whose hour seems over, while buds are blowing and seeds are astir.
From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville
There was something alert and yet unparticipating in their steady gaze.
From Never-Fail Blake by Arthur Stringer
