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Element which has most electronegativity is:

Electronegativity is the relative tendency of an element to attract the covalently shared electrons towards it. Fluorine has 7 electrons in its valence shell, and needs one more electron to attain noble gas configuration (Octet rule). Also, fluorine has a small atomic radius and a large effective nuclear charge, and therefore has the maximum electronegativity.

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