Uninstigated
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not instigated. not-comparable
"After four years of pointless, fruitless, uninstigated combat, if President Bush indeed escalates the “sacrifice” of other parents’ beloved children — against all reason, against the will of the electorate and without any personal sacrifice to call his own — it would not be vanity."
Example
More examples"After four years of pointless, fruitless, uninstigated combat, if President Bush indeed escalates the “sacrifice” of other parents’ beloved children — against all reason, against the will of the electorate and without any personal sacrifice to call his own — it would not be vanity."
Etymology
From un- + instigated.
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