unmenacingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɛnᵻsɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɛnəsɪŋ/ Not menacing; unthreatening.
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1714 J. Collier Eccl. Hist. Great Brit. II. viii. 719/1 Their Petition would have look'd well, had it been drawn in dutiful and unmenacing Expressions.
1833 N. Amer. Mag. May 20/1 They held their awful strength unmenacing.
1941 W. J. Cash Mind of South iii. iii. 388 A militiaman..killed an unmenacing striker with his bayonet.
2009 Ottawa Citizen (Nexis) 1 Aug. b7 The traffic to my inexperienced eye seemed surprisingly light and distinctly unmenacing.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1714- with every vein
- with every vein in one's heart
- with everything
- with evil
- with excellency
- with exception
- with exception of
- with exception that
- with expedition
- with extreme prejudice
- with eye
- with eye askance
- with eye askant
- with eyes open
- with eyes wide open
- with facility
- with fairness
- with fine force
- with fingers crossed
- with flying colors
- with flying colours
- with foal
- with force
- with force and arms
- with force of arms