unprovoked
Example Sentences
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The suspect approached the woman unprovoked while she was inside the store shopping.
From Los Angeles Times
"The messages, the call, the letter – all completely unprovoked, deeply unpleasant and no doubt did have the impact on the victims."
From BBC
The FPA called on the police to "immediately take action against the officers involved in this unprovoked assault and to act in the future to safeguard press freedoms, rather than trample upon them."
From Barron's
Members of the opera community chided the “Marty Supreme” star for his unprovoked attack.
The Taliban government repeatedly maintains that its territory is not being used to threaten the security of any country, and that Pakistan's actions in Afghanistan are "unprovoked".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
