Unpugnacious

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not pugnacious.

    "Arthur was elected to replace the unpugnacious Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest ), a liberal law professor who was skittish about capital punishment and clashed with more aggressive prosecutors."

Example

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"Arthur was elected to replace the unpugnacious Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest ), a liberal law professor who was skittish about capital punishment and clashed with more aggressive prosecutors."

Etymology

From un- + pugnacious.

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