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unmalicious

unmalicious

7.5
Not wanting to hurt or upset other people
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnməˈlɪʃəs/
translation icon : inocente
  • The child's unmalicious curiosity made him ask questions about the world.

Examples

  • He smiled with an unmalicious intent, hoping to bring joy to his friends.

  • It was a laugh of such genuine, unmalicious, good-tempered amusement that Fred had to join in.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Her unmalicious comments were intended to uplift, not to hurt anyone.

Synonyms

unoffensive
vsunmalicious
1 3.7

Something that does not upset people and is harmless

focuses on lack of desire to harm rather than harmlessness
nonoffensive
vsunmalicious
3.5

Does not attack or harm and serves only to defend

shows no desire to cause pain to others

Antonyms

malicious
89 5.8

Wanting to hurt someone or damage their good name

spiteful
23 5.1

Wanting to hurt or upset someone on purpose

How Malicious

malicious
89 5.8
unmalicious
7.5
harmless
231 1.0

Surface Forms

unmalicious positive

Morphology

unmalicious = malicious (transparent) = un + malicious

The productive negative prefix 'un-' attaches to the adjective 'malicious', yielding a straightforward negation.

Etymology

Unmalicious is made of un- meaning 'not' and malicious, from malice meaning 'bad will' or a wish to harm. So unmalicious means 'not wanting to harm' and describes words or actions that are harmless.