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

Forgive that I stir, Like a breath in thy hair, The old pain, 'Twas unmeant.

From English Poems by Le Gallienne, Richard

The force and suddenness of his emotion and her own had overborne her into this strange unmeant confession; but her mood was unlike his,—it was merely receptive.

From "Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame" by Burnett, Frances Hodgson

Gus had not too much sensitiveness in his character, but this unmeant insult stung him.

From Acton's Feud A Public School Story by Swainson, Frederick