unpugnacious

English

Etymology

From un- +β€Ž pugnacious.

Adjective

unpugnacious (comparative more unpugnacious, superlative most unpugnacious)

  1. Not pugnacious.
    • 2007 June 1, Alessandra Stanley, β€œIn Casting for President, Will Actor Rate a Callback?”, in New York Timesβ€Ž[1]:
      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.