undesigning

adjective

Definition of undesigningnext
as in unaffected

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for undesigning
  1. unaffected
  2. real
  3. earnest
  4. sincere
  5. artless
  6. forthcoming
  7. direct
  8. naive
Adjective
  • Hundreds more cameras could be left operating and unaffected throughout the four-county region.
    — Devoun Cetoute, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Her bed is Amal’s haven after a long day’s work, where the two can joke, watch TV, and relax in unaffected warmth.
    — Jay Weissberg, Variety, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of unaffected
Adjective
  • A lot of teams at the bottom might be tanking for Arch Manning, and there is no real new blood at quarterback this season.
    — Vic Tafur, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
  • Many companies now rely on AI screening tools that filter applications based on keywords rather than real qualifications.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of real
Adjective
  • Twice that day, Issa hears about earnest stuff Anton said to win voters over to Paul Baker’s side.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Amid a national cinema that has become internationally recognized for perverse plotting and deadpan absurdism, writer-director Alexis Alexiou‘s third feature stands out for its stark storytelling and earnest emotional intensity.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of earnest
Adjective
  • Voters who prize the observational and the sincere tend to bristle at a movie where the filmmaker is this present and this implicated.
    — Clayton Davis, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026
  • The script by Strippoli and Salvatore de Chirico shrewdly underplays that hand, instead cushioning the vanity factor in sincere parental concern for the children’s health, well-being and preordained path to success.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of sincere
Adjective
  • That suits the artless, unfiltered way Yo describes her life, spending a fair amount of time recollecting her own childhood.
    — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 20 Feb. 2026
  • By contrast, Erika is a vamp, a woman whose wardrobe encompasses high fashion and BDSM — maybe this is what makes Erika choose him to be her assistant, just as her icy, dominatrix cool appeals to the refreshingly artless Elliot.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of artless
Adjective
  • And although the Maroon reissue featured OG-style Nike Air branding, it wasn’t featured on the Sport Blue release just one year prior — an omission Nike will reportedly seek to correct on the forthcoming 2027 drop.
    — Riley Jones, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In a lawsuit filed last month in Sacramento County, party leaders claim the theft is to bolster a forthcoming whistleblower retaliation and harassment lawsuit against the party.
    — Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of forthcoming
Adjective
  • Such direct communication with fans is now taking place on a semi-regular basis.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • What’s in the demo Children of Infinity is a space adventure RPG, just like The Ur-Quan Masters (and its direct spiritual predecessors, Starflight and Starflight 2).
    — Lee Hutchinson, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of direct
Adjective
  • The rookies, of which the Dolphins drafted an NFL-high 13 players, could be considered a bit naive to the intricacies of an NFL season.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
  • By the early sixties, the romance of the untaught or naïve artist was really catching.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of naive
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“Undesigning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undesigning. Accessed 14 Sep. 2026.

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