undesigning
Example Sentences
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The sentimental woman feels that the comic, undesigning, unconscious man, is 'Her Fate.'—I her fate?
From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John
Yes, Matilda, I trampled at once upon the exemptions of your sex, upon the sanctity of virtue, upon the most inoffensive and undesigning of characters.
From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by Godwin, William
Once received, it is a haunting idea; how many undesigning persons I suspected of watching me, it would be hard to calculate.
From Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles
And that, I have told you, is sincere and undesigning, whatever I may be hereafter.
From Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded by Richardson, Samuel
She had but little sympathy with platonic friendships, and she recognised, with that shrewd mother-sense so many women acquire late in life, that Mrs. Otway was a most undesigning widow.
From Good Old Anna by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
