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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(now rare) Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; ingenuous..
Cecilia, […] finding him gay and easy, general in his conversation, and undesigning in his looks, soon recovered from her embarrassment, and passed the rest of the day without restraint or uneasiness.
Use undesigning when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Undesigning means (now rare) Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; ingenuous..
Common synonyms include artless, callow, childlike, verdant.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Cecilia, […] finding him gay and easy, general in his conversation, and undesigning in his looks, soon recovered from her embarrassment, and passed the rest of the day without restraint or uneasiness.
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