undesigning

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adjective

Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; ingenuous.

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Meanings

adjectiveundesigning (comparative more undesigning, superlative most undesigning)

comparative more undesigning · superlative most undesigning

  1. archaicHaving no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; ingenuous.

    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.

    1782, Frances Burney, chapter 9, in Cecilia, volume 2, pages 118–119

    Synonyms: artless, callow, childlike, verdant, clueless, credulous, dewy-eyed, cute

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; ingenuous.

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artlesscallowchildlikeverdantcluelesscredulousdewy-eyedcutefleeceablefoppoteegreenguilelessingenuousinnocentjejunePanglossianPanglossicquaintsimplesimple-hearted
Also see
naive

Origin

From un- + designing.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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