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unhostile

adjective as in civilian

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Those initiatives have made the utilities unhostile to conservation, says Mike Campbell, project manager on electric pricing at the PUC's Office of Ratepayer Advocates.

Unhostile, un-hos′til, adj. not hostile: not caused by an enemy.

Those unhostile eyes will stay with me long after the war ends.

Respectable citizens from Matamoros had frequently visited his camp; and to all of those who were represented as possessing influence at home he proclaimed the unhostile feelings of our government towards their country, and that when our army marched southward it would not pass the Rio Grande unless Mexico provoked war.

Still, there are several others, yet currently employed, which might better perhaps, for the same reason, give place to more regular terms: as, amicable, for friendly or kind; charitable, for benevolent or liberal; colourable, for apparent or specious; peaceable, for peaceful or unhostile; pleasurable, for pleasing or delightful; profitable, for gainful or lucrative; sociable, for social or affable; reasonable, for rational or just.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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