undesigning
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of undesigning
Example Sentences
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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
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
The man, who can persuade others that he gabbles in a pleasant but ridiculous and undesigning manner, will lead them to suppose that his actions are equally incongruous, and void of intention.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas
They are such thoughtless, and undesigning rogues as you, that make a drudge of poor Providence, and set it a shifting for you.
From Dryden's Works Vol. 3 (of 18) Sir Martin Mar-All; The Tempest; An Evening's Love; Tyrannic Love by Dryden, John
I have often seen the artful, though they despise defenceless simplicity, and delight to exert their skill against weapons like their own, yet shrink with instinctive dread from plain, undesigning common sense.
From Discipline by Brunton, Mary
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