undesigning

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The man, who can persuade others that he gabbles in a pleasant but ridiculous and undesigning manner, will lead them to suppose that his actions are equally incongruous, and void of intention.

From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Holcroft, Thomas

Sincere and undesigning himself, he was by no means a match for the duplicity of others.

From A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations by Tyrrell, J. B.

The undesigning gaiety of youth has the strongest claim upon your humanity.

From Four Early Pamphlets by Godwin, William

But of this I am sure, Frederick has too much of your own open undesigning temper to entrap you; even though,' added she, with a sly smile, 'he were wholly without hopes from persuasion.'

From Discipline by Brunton, Mary

Yes, Matilda, I trampled at once upon the exemptions of your sex, upon the sanctity of virtue, upon the most inoffensive and undesigning of characters.

From Italian Letters, Vols. I and II The History of the Count de St. Julian by Godwin, William