undesigning
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of undesigning
Example Sentences
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This open friend, this undesigning hero, With noisy falsehoods, forc'd me from your arms, To shock my virtue with a tale of love.
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel
An undesigning open heart, where it is loth to disoblige, is easily drawn in, I see, to oblige more than ever it designed.
From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 2 by Richardson, Samuel
Sincere and undesigning himself, he was by no means a match for the duplicity of others.
From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Tyrrell, J. B.
In this manner some English officer has probably been the undesigning medium of giving these Afghans a peep into the configuration of the earth they live on, and their first lesson in geography.
From Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama by Stevens, Thomas
Honest, undesigning good sense is so unfashionable, that he must be a bold man who, at this time of day, attempts to bring it into esteem.
From ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. by ?sop
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