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unprovoking

unprovoking adjective: not provoking. Also the present participle and gerund of unprovoke.

Adjective

unprovoking (comparative more unprovoking, superlative most unprovoking)

  1. Not provoking.

Also used as

unprovoking is also the present participle and gerund of unprovoke.

Forms of unprovoking

comparativemore unprovoking
superlativemost unprovoking

Origin of unprovoking

From un- + provoking.

Words formed from unprovoking

Questions about unprovoking

What does unprovoking mean?
Unprovoking means not provoking.
What part of speech is unprovoking?
Unprovoking is an adjective.

Words near unprovoking in the dictionary

  1. unprovoke
  2. unprovoked
  3. unprovokedly
  4. unprovokedness
  5. unprovokes
  6. unprovoking
  7. unprovokingly
  8. unproxied
  9. unproximate
  10. unprudence
  11. unprudent

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