unthreatening
- a word derived from threatening.
Example Sentences
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And as unthreatening as she is, that in and of itself is threatening.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 28, 2026
She was aspirationally fit but unthreatening and strikingly self-assured.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
Flashbacks illustrate who Gacy’s victims were to the people who knew and loved them, landing on the more sensitive and sensible view that they saw Gacy as trustworthy, upstanding, and therefore unthreatening.
From Salon ● Oct. 29, 2025
This technical excellence buttresses a very good if very unthreatening production of a groundbreaking play.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 15, 2024
Everything was so tiny, so common, so unthreatening.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
