unprovocative

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adjective

Not provocative or stimulating

Similar
unprovokingdisarmingnoninflammatory
Opposite
provocative
OriginEnglish provocative ← Middle English un- ← Old English un- →
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Meanings

adjectiveunprovocative (comparative more unprovocative, superlative most unprovocative)

comparative more unprovocative · superlative most unprovocative

  1. Not provocative or stimulating

Synonyms & antonyms

Opposite
provocative

adjectivenot provocative

Similar
unprovokingdisarmingnoninflammatory
Opposite
provocative
Also see
anodynedisarmingnoninflammatoryunprovoking

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Englishprovocative
  9. Englishunprovocative

From un- + provocative.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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