uncontending

English

Etymology

From un- +‎ contending.

Adjective

uncontending (comparative more uncontending, superlative most uncontending)

1. Not contending.
   • 1885, John Ruskin, On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2)‎^[1]:

     In him I see a strong human creature, contending with all hardship: in you also a human creature, uncontending, and possibly not strong.

   • 1903, William Godwin, Caleb Williams‎^[2]:

     His judgment was penetrating and manly, totally unmixed with imbecility and confusion, while at the same time there was such an uncontending frankness in his countenance, that a superficial observer would have supposed he must have been the prey of the first plausible knavery that was practised against him.