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unbeˈnevolent, a.
(un-1 7.)
1697Collier Ess. Mor. Subj. i. (1703) 106 To be fond of anything,..because the generality of mankind wants it,..arises from an unbenevolent and ungenerous temper. 1701― M. Anton. (1726) 205 If not, they [the gods] must either be mistaken in their measures, or unbenevolent in their design. 1775S. J. Pratt Liberal Opin. iv. (1783) I. 83 To prevent an action, which I thought, on all hands, unlawful and unbenevolent. a1832Bentham Deontol. i. (1834) II. 65 The meekness of a man whose meekness is pernicious to others, and useless to himself, is unbenevolent, and the contrary of virtuous. 1853G. J. Cayley Las Alforjas II. 291 Another interstice of apathy, followed by a frown of unbenevolent impatience. |