unthreatening
adjective
un·threat·en·ing
ˌən-ˈthret-niŋ,
-ˈthre-tᵊn-iŋ
: not presenting a threat : not threatening
… Mr. Yanobe's sculptures are friendly, unthreatening beings.—
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unthreateningly
adverb
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While two players got the night off in a win versus a relatively unthreatening Chicago team, Hynes’ message was aimed at everyone putting on a red and green sweater.
—Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
At the same time, Angelou is routinely reduced to an unthreatening avatar of inspirational platitudes, her work often overlooked by academics and critics even as her most quotable quips circulate endlessly.
—TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
That decidedly unthreatening lineup gives some sense of how justice—or, more accurately, injustice—worked under the previous administration.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
The woman in repose offered Victorian viewers an unthreatening sort of sexiness, contained to armchairs and sick beds.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
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Jess Myers, Twin Cities, 31 Jan. 2025
At the same time, Angelou is routinely reduced to an unthreatening avatar of inspirational platitudes, her work often overlooked by academics and critics even as her most quotable quips circulate endlessly.
—TIME, 28 Jan. 2025
That decidedly unthreatening lineup gives some sense of how justice—or, more accurately, injustice—worked under the previous administration.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 27 Jan. 2025
The woman in repose offered Victorian viewers an unthreatening sort of sexiness, contained to armchairs and sick beds.
—Brigit Katz, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Jan. 2025
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“Unthreatening.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unthreatening. Accessed 12 Feb. 2025.
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