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undesigning
adjective as in genuine
adjective as in guileless
adjective as in natural
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Weak matches
- 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
adjective as in sincere
Weak matches
- 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
adjective as in single-minded
Strongest matches
adjective as in true
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Example Sentences
Honest, undesigning good sense is so unfashionable, that he must be a bold man who, at this time of day, attempts to bring it into esteem.
I play a surer game, and screen my heart With easy looks and undesigning smiles; And while my actions spring from sober thought, They still appear th' effect of wild caprice, And I, the thoughtless slave of giddy chance.
Simple, sim′pl, adj. single: undivided: resisting decomposition: elementary, undeveloped: plain, single, entire: homogeneous: open: unaffected: undesigning: true: clear: straightforward: artless: guileless: unsuspecting: credulous: not cunning: weak in intellect: silly: of mean birth—opposed to Gentle.—n. something not mixed or compounded: a medicinal herb: a simple feast—opposed to a double or semidouble.—v.i. to gather simples or medicinal plants.—adjs.
Undesigning, un-de-zī′ning, adj. not designing: artless: straightforward: sincere.—adj.
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.'
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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