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unbenevolent

unbenevolent adjective: not benevolent.

Adjective

unbenevolent (comparative more unbenevolent, superlative most unbenevolent)

  1. Not benevolent.
    • I would like to know if there are any true moralists who would like to correspond with someone who just instinctively feels there's something wrong somewhere in this unbenevolent world and wants to save it by culminating love and eradicating the captive emotions of the self (Ego).1986 April 26, Tony Marcus Antuan Haywood, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, page 18

Forms of unbenevolent

comparativemore unbenevolent
superlativemost unbenevolent

Origin of unbenevolent

From un- + benevolent.

Words formed from unbenevolent

Questions about unbenevolent

What does unbenevolent mean?
Unbenevolent means not benevolent.
What part of speech is unbenevolent?
Unbenevolent is an adjective.

Words near unbenevolent in the dictionary

  1. unbenefited
  2. unbenefiting
  3. unbenefitted
  4. unbenefitting
  5. unbenevolence
  6. unbenevolent
  7. unbenevolently
  8. unbenighted
  9. unbenign
  10. unbenignant
  11. unbenignantly

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