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undesigning

[uhn-di-zahy-ning] / ˌʌn dɪˈzaɪ nɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
genuine
Synonyms
STRONGEST
earnest heartfelt natural positive real sincere true
WEAK
actual artless candid for real frank known open reliable righteous trustworthy unfeigned unimpeachable unpretended unquestionable up front valid well-established
Antonyms
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dishonest false insincere invalid unreal untrustworthy
WEAK
affected counterfeit deceiving deceptive illegitimate misleading sham
ADJECTIVE
guileless
Synonyms
STRONGEST
unsophisticated
WEAK
aboveboard artless candid frank genuine ingenuous innocent naive natural open simple simple-minded sincere straightforward truthful unaffected unstudied
Antonyms
WEAK
artful clever crafty cunning deceitful dishonest guileful tricky
ADJECTIVE
natural
Synonyms
STRONGEST
easy genuine instinctive real simple
STRONG
frank innocent plain primitive provincial rustic
WEAK
artless being oneself candid childlike credulous direct folksy forthright homey ignorant impulsive inartificial ingenuous laid-back naive simplehearted sincere spontaneous straightforward trusting unassumed uncontrived unembarrassed unfeigned unforced unlabored unpolished unpretentious unschooled unsophisticated unstudied unworldly up-front
Antonyms
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complex complicated difficult dishonest false intricate
STRONG
cultured metropolitan modern sophisticated
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abnormal affected artificial different fixed modified pretended refined uncommon unnatural
ADJECTIVE
sincere
Synonyms
STRONGEST
candid earnest for real forthright genuine heartfelt outspoken real serious true trustworthy
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24-carat aboveboard actual artless bona fide dead-level dear devout faithful frank guileless honest-to-God honest-to-goodness like it is meant natural no-fooling no-nonsense on the level on the line on the up and up open plain pretensionless regular righteous saintly square sure-enough true-blue unaffected undissembled unfeigned unpretentious up-front wholehearted
Antonyms
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counterfeit deceitful devious dishonest false flippant insincere invalid untrustworthy
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tricky
ADJECTIVE
single-minded
Synonyms
STRONGEST
determined relentless steadfast stubborn
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artless firm guileless inflexible obsessed persistent rigid staunch unbending
Antonyms
WEAK
half-hearted lackadaisical
ADJECTIVE
true
Synonyms
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accurate appropriate authentic bona fide correct genuine honest legitimate natural normal perfect proper pure sincere truthful typical
STRONG
direct exact fitting kosher regular right straight
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actual authoritative dependable factual indubitable lawful legal on-target precise rightful sure-enough trustworthy undeniable undoubted unerring unfaked unfeigned unquestionable veracious veridical veritable very
Antonyms
STRONGEST
affected counterfeit deceptive different false flawed inaccurate incorrect insincere lying misleading unfitting ungenuine unreal unsuitable untrustworthy untruthful unusual wrong
STRONG
changing corrupt illegitimate imprecise inappropriate indirect unfair unjust
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cheating deceitful disloyal evil faithless fraudulent invalid
ADJECTIVE
unmannered
Synonyms
WEAK
actual artless candid earnest frank heartfelt hearty honest known natural open positive real reliable righteous sincere true trustworthy unaffected unfeigned unimpeachable unpretended unquestionable up front valid well-established

Example Sentences

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As to marriage, and fortune, and all that, I believe I was almost as innocently undesigning then, as when I loved little Em'ly.

From David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles

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

But of this I am sure, Frederick has too much of your own open undesigning temper to entrap you; even though,' added she, with a sly smile, 'he were wholly without hopes from persuasion.'

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary

He knew himself for an undesigning hypocrite, and felt that he might as well have been a rascal complete.

From Born in Exile by Gissing, George

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