unaggressive

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English

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Etymology

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un- +‎ aggressive

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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unaggressive (comparative more unaggressive, superlative most unaggressive)

  1. Not aggressive; peaceable; not violent.
    • 1956, Anthony Burgess, Time for a Tiger (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 195:
      And he, Allada Khan, had decided that the child was not unlike himself - an unaggressive nose, and intelligent forehead, eyes both lively and melting.

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