unbenign

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ benign.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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unbenign (comparative more unbenign, superlative most unbenign)

  1. Not benign; malevolent.
    • 2008 March 16, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, in New York Times[1]:
      They gave him, those eyes, the look of being always meanly at work on some extended, crafty and unbenign calculation.