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
In fact, for a long time, American officials associated with Washington’s drone assassination campaigns and “signature strikes” in the backlands of Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Yemen claimed that there were no bodies to count, that the CIA’s drones were so carefully handled and so “precise” that they never produced an unmeant corpse — not a child, not a parent, not a wedding party.
From Salon
It became one of those vague expressions of regret, the emotion you experience when you tread on someone's toe in a crowded lift, not quite unmeant but not actually meaning anything either.
From The Guardian
Surely an accident so opportune, a stroke of mercy and providence so unlikely--for the odds against the officer's presence were immense--could not be unmeant, could not be for nothing!
From Project Gutenberg
There was another day of strife, another fight to be waged, one that could not be unmeant or unconscious.
From Project Gutenberg
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