undesigning
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Sincere and undesigning himself, he was by no means a match for the duplicity of others.
From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by J. B. Tyrrell
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 Charles Dickens
Her gentle frankness and undesigning temper gradually got the better of this little shyness, and she soon began to treat me as the son of her father's friend.
From Coelebs In Search of a Wife by Hannah More
This open friend, this undesigning hero, With noisy falsehoods, forc'd me from your arms, To shock my virtue with a tale of love.
From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Samuel Johnson
The man, who can persuade others that he gabbles in a pleasant but ridiculous and undesigning manner, will lead them to suppose that his actions are equally incongruous, and void of intention.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft
