disarming

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The strategy rests on what Mr Bogad calls the "irresistible image" - often silly, it's a "disarming and charming" display that calls attention to your ideas without obviously explaining them to a viewer.

From BBC

Even Mr. Kuitenbrouwer is sometimes disarmingly perplexed by his reverence for all things related to maple syrup.

From The Wall Street Journal

There is something so tender—almost disarming—about both giving and receiving a homemade gift, especially something from someone’s kitchen.

From Salon

Talks over the second stage have remained stuck due to various disagreements, including Hamas’s opposition to disarming.

From The Wall Street Journal

So it seems like it’s disarming; it knocks the armor off of people’s desire to protect themselves.

From Los Angeles Times