unmeant
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But nothing in “Born to Run” rings to me as unmeant or punch-pulling.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016
These poems are as heartless as birdsong, as unmeant as elm leaves, which, if they love, love only the wide blue sky and the air and the idea of elm leaves.
From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2010
"She is insensible," was the reply—a reply of unmeant cruelty.
From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)
Many an unmeant melodrama was enacted under the walls of Union in MacKenzie's reign.
From The Story of the Trapper by Laut, A. C.
Meantime Dulce and Roger are sparring covertly, but decidedly, while Julia, who never sees anything, is fostering the dispute by unmeant, but most ill judging remarks.
From Portia or By Passions Rocked by Duchess
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