undesigning

[ uhn-di-zahy-ning ]

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adjective

not characterized by underhand schemes or selfish motives; without an ulterior design.

Origin of undesigning

First recorded in 1665–75; un-¹ + designing

Words Nearby undesigning

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How to use undesigning in a sentence

Once received, it is a haunting idea; how many undesigning persons I suspected of watching me, it would be hard to calculate.
Great Expectations | Charles Dickens
Sincere and undesigning himself, he was by no means a match for the duplicity of others.
A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 | Samuel Hearne
They are such thoughtless, and undesigning rogues as you, that make a drudge of poor Providence, and set it a shifting for you.
Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) | John Dryden
And that, I have told you, is sincere and undesigning, whatever I may be hereafter.
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded | Samuel Richardson
It is, "that organs for a definite end should be produced by undesigning or mechanical causes."
What is Darwinism? | Charles Hodge

British Dictionary definitions for undesigning

undesigning

/ (ˌʌndɪˈzaɪnɪŋ) /

adjective

(of a person) frank; straightforward

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