unmalicious

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Recent Examples of unmalicious His staging is, more subtly and powerfully, a sad, unsettling suggestion of our unmalicious but all-too-willing forgetfulness. New York Times, 8 July 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unmalicious
Adjective
  • In a two-part study, individuals who used benign humor styles — like light teasing, warmth or self-enhancement — were consistently rated more positively by friends, family and even potential romantic partners.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • The trade war wasn’t necessarily the main reason for the benign readings.
    Paul Davidson, USA Today, 13 May 2025
Adjective
  • Their parents, too, are likable, loving, hard-working people, a little bossy now and then, but genuinely concerned for their children.
    Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2025
  • Things in Nature Merely Grow paints a loving portrait of each of her teenage children, who died nearly seven years apart, and details her own battles with depression and suicidal ideation.
    Shannon Carlin, Time, 1 May 2025
Adjective
  • This allowed people to keep believing in a fundamentally benevolent government despite their experiences.
    David Hambling, Forbes.com, 6 May 2025
  • There is, equally, a certain childish hope that Vuong’s reader will approach him with the benevolent incomprehension of a maternal figure.
    Andrea Long Chu, Vulture, 6 May 2025
Adjective
  • On social media, where content creators have been dissecting the case, some commenters have been distressingly sympathetic to Diddy’s defense.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2025
  • There’s not a single sympathetic White character in the film.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Soak your grates in a mixture of warm water and vinegar.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 16 May 2025
  • Hollywood’s obsession with IP and sequels certainly hasn’t gone away, and the upcoming warm months will feature a number of remakes that nobody really asked for.
    Ben Rosenstock, Time, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • For 55 years, the characters of Sesame Street have taught us how to count, how to read — and as importantly, how to be kind, empathic and compassionate.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025
  • Here’s to more humane, efficient and compassionate processes in the future crafted by politicians on both sides of the aisle.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 12 May 2025
Adjective
  • Paige makes the astute observation that Craig and Kyle are similar and need to be prodded along with kind words and attention with everything that happens.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 8 May 2025
  • If the fates are kind, the Avs have learned at least two things from the sheer agony of the past weekend.
    Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 7 May 2025
Adjective
  • Eventually, Billy tries to warn the foster care headquarters, managed by a kindly woman named Wendy (Sally-Anne Upton), that Laura is trying to sabotage Billy.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
  • The cast includes Stephen Merchant as the voice of the mouse, Kristen Wiig as a scenery-chewing evil aunt, and Jim Broadbent as a kindly but clueless king.
    EW.com, EW.com, 20 Dec. 2024

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“Unmalicious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unmalicious. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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