undesigning

[ uhn-di-zahy-ning ]

adjective

1. not characterized by underhand schemes or selfish motives; without an ulterior design.

undesigning

/ ˌʌndɪˈzaɪnɪŋ /

adjective

1. (of a person) frank; straightforward

Word History and Origins

Origin of undesigning¹

First recorded in 1665–75; un- ¹ + designing

Example Sentences

Once received, it is a haunting idea; how many undesigning persons I suspected of watching me, it would be hard to calculate.

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Sincere and undesigning himself, he was by no means a match for the duplicity of others.

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They are such thoughtless, and undesigning rogues as you, that make a drudge of poor Providence, and set it a shifting for you.

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And that, I have told you, is sincere and undesigning, whatever I may be hereafter.

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It is, "that organs for a definite end should be produced by undesigning or mechanical causes."

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