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unintriguing

unintriguing adjective: not involving oneself in secret plots or schemes.

Adjective

unintriguing (comparative more unintriguing, superlative most unintriguing)

  1. Not involving oneself in secret plots or schemes.
    • Impelled anew by what Byron calls 'The various joltings of life's hackney-coach,' he proceeded to Paris, and entered upon the office; but neither his age, nor his quiet unintriguing character, was congenial with the temper of such a scene; and he retired unsuccessful, but with the grant of a...1836, The Musical World, volume 2, page 89

Forms of unintriguing

comparativemore unintriguing
superlativemost unintriguing

Origin of unintriguing

From un- + intriguing.

Questions about unintriguing

What does unintriguing mean?
Unintriguing means not involving oneself in secret plots or schemes.
What part of speech is unintriguing?
Unintriguing is an adjective.

Words near unintriguing in the dictionary

  1. unintoxicating
  2. unintrenched
  3. unintrepid
  4. unintricate
  5. unintrigued
  6. unintriguing
  7. unintrinsic
  8. unintroduced
  9. unintroducible
  10. unintromitted
  11. unintrospective

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