undesigning

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ designing.

Adjective

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undesigning (comparative more undesigning, superlative most undesigning)

  1. (now rare) Having no artful, ulterior, or fraudulent purpose; sincere; artless; ingenuous.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:naive, Thesaurus:genuine
    • 1782, Frances Burney, chapter 9, in Cecilia, volume 2, pages 118–119:
      Cecilia, [] finding him gay and easy, general in his conversation, and undesigning in his looks, soon recovered from her embarrassment, and passed the rest of the day without restraint or uneasiness.