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adjectiveunbenign (comparative more unbenign, superlative most unbenign)
comparative more unbenign · superlative most unbenign
- Not benign; malevolent.
They gave him, those eyes, the look of being always meanly at work on some extended, crafty and unbenign calculation.
2008 March 16, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, in New York Times
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unbenign. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbenign
MLA
“unbenign.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbenign. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbenign,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbenign.
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