undesigning
English
Etymology
From un- + designing.
Adjective
undesigning (comparative more undesigning, superlative most undesigning)
- (now rare) Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; ingenuous.
- 1782, Frances Burney, chapter 9, in Cecilia, volume 2, pages 118–119:
- Cecilia, […] finding him gay and easy, general in his conversation, and undesigning in his looks, soon recovered from her embarrassment, and passed the rest of the day without restraint or uneasiness.
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Synonyms
See also Thesaurus:naive or Thesaurus:genuine