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Webster 1913 Edition


Unbenign

Unˊbe-nign′

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Adj.
Not benign; malignant.

Webster 1828 Edition


Unbenign

UNBENIGN

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Adj.
Not benign; not favorable or propitious; malignant.

Definition 2024


unbenign

unbenign

English

Adjective

unbenign (comparative more unbenign, superlative most unbenign)

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