unprovocativeness

noun

The quality of being unprovocative.

Scrabble 27

Meanings

noununprovocativeness (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableThe quality of being unprovocative.

    She then hurried to her own room, and from her small supply of clothes selected an Indian cotton dress with a high neck and long, billowing sleeves, for its unprovocativeness.

    1981, Lynne Reid Banks, Defy the wilderness

Origin

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APA

unprovocativeness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprovocativeness

MLA

“unprovocativeness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprovocativeness. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unprovocativeness,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unprovocativeness.

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