unmeant

Example Sentences

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But nothing in “Born to Run” rings to me as unmeant or punch-pulling.

From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2016

These poems are as heartless as birdsong, as unmeant as elm leaves, which, if they love, love only the wide blue sky and the air and the idea of elm leaves.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2010

"She is insensible," was the reply—a reply of unmeant cruelty.

From Overland by De Forest, J. W. (John William)

What words are these," she said, "that they pass thy lips so easily and so unmeant, perchance from long practice?

From She and Allan by Haggard, Henry Rider

Beyond that, it had not prejudiced her against him, for there was a certain noble loftiness in her character which could largely forgive an unmeant wrong.

From Taquisara by Crawford, F. Marion (Francis Marion)