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unintimidating

unintimidating adjective: not intimidating; not making one fearful.

Adjective

unintimidating (comparative more unintimidating, superlative most unintimidating)

  1. Not intimidating; not making one fearful.
    • I was impressed with how unintimidating Barnard's weight-loss plan is.1992 November, Sharon Bloyd-Peshkin, “A Physician's Slimming Guide For Permanent Weight Control [book review]”, in Vegetarian Times, page 101
    • Robertson, born and raised in Alabama, is unassuming and generally unintimidating.2009 August 18, Tyler Kepner, “Yankees’ Robertson Emerges in Innings of Import”, in The New York Times

Forms of unintimidating

comparativemore unintimidating
superlativemost unintimidating

Origin of unintimidating

From un- + intimidating.

Questions about unintimidating

What does unintimidating mean?
Unintimidating means not intimidating; not making one fearful.
What part of speech is unintimidating?
Unintimidating is an adjective.

Words near unintimidating in the dictionary

  1. unintimately
  2. unintimidatable
  3. unintimidate
  4. unintimidated
  5. unintimidates
  6. unintimidating
  7. unintitled
  8. unintombed
  9. unintoned
  10. unintoxicated
  11. unintoxicating

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