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单词 unalarming
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unalarmingadj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, alarming adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + alarming adj.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unaˈlarming.
(un- prefix1 4.)
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the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > causing apprehension or alarm > [adjective] > alarming > not giving rise to alarm
unalarming1768
1768 H. Brooke Fool of Quality III. xiv. 50 The seasonable precaution of breaking the matter to our father by unalarming degrees.
1803 Ann. Rev. 1 364 A disposition to make..slight unalarming reforms.
1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit III. iv. 61 Her illness was of a very slight and unalarming character.
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