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UNPROVOKING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does unprovoking mean?
• UNPROVOKING (adjective)
The adjective UNPROVOKING has 1 sense:
1. not provocative
Familiarity information: UNPROVOKING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not provocative
Synonyms:
unprovocative; unprovoking
Similar:
disarming (capable of allaying hostility)
noninflammatory (not inflammatory)
Also:
unexciting (not exciting)
nonviolent (abstaining (on principle) from the use of violence)
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