unmockingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɒkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɑkɪŋ/ Not mocking; not expressing ridicule, scorn, or derision.
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1768 H. Jones Inoculation 12 This sad Tale by sobbing Truth is told, In mournful, and unmocking Weeds enwrapt.
1844 H. Smith Arthur Arundel I. iii. 95 The flowers looked at him with unmocking eyes.
1865 Eclectic Rev. Oct. 330 The exquisite..and unmocking appreciation and sympathy with which they are rendered.
1908 K. R. Ellis Wide Awake Girls viii. 124 Herr Karl's face was so kind and so unmocking.
1974 Sewanee Rev. 82 202 A superb comic achievement, sardonic, accurate, immensely funny and quite unmocking.
2012 Dominion Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 27 Aug. a10 I liked the unmocking, straightforward tone of this programme.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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