uncunning

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adjective

Not cunning or crafty.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

adjectiveuncunning (comparative more uncunning, superlative most uncunning)

comparative more uncunning · superlative most uncunning

  1. Not cunning or crafty.
  2. obsoleteIgnorant; lacking knowledge.

Origin

  1. Middle Englishunconnyng
  2. Englishuncunning

From Middle English unconnyng; equivalent to un- + cunning.

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APA

uncunning. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncunning

MLA

“uncunning.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncunning. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncunning,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncunning.

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