unprovoked
Example Sentences
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Despite video evidence showing the unprovoked attack, Oliva was barred from suing his assailants because Section 1983 doesn’t apply to federal officials.
That database only tracks "unprovoked" incidents – excluding those potentially encouraged by humans through activities such as spear fishing – but a fuller database of all recorded shark interactions in Australia is maintained by Taronga Conservation Society.
From BBC
Sometimes, he said, the occupants will shout at him and other neighbors unprovoked.
From Los Angeles Times
“We are thankful that the two officers targeted in this brazen and unprovoked attack survived this terrifying encounter,” Hochman said in a statement.
From Los Angeles Times
The deputy foreign minister called the conflict "unprovoked" and "unnecessary".
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
