undesigningadj.
1. Not designing or planning. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unplanned > not planning
undesigning1673
offhand1708
off-handed1750
undeliberatinga1763
impulsive1847
seat-of-the-pants1935
1673 Remarques on Humours of Town 4 That careless and undesigning way of living now in use.
1686 R. Boyle Free Enq. Notion Nature vii. 260 What..happens to deliberating or designing, and..to inanimate or undesigning beings.
2.
a. Having no ulterior or selfish designs; free from designing or underhand motives.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > unaffectedness or naturalness > [adjective] > artless, guileless, or innocent > lacking cunning or not plotting
unpolicieda1616
undesigning1695
unintriguing1755
unstrategic1834
1695 J. Collier Misc. upon Moral Subj. 154 Children..believe others as kind and undesigning as themselves.
1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xix. 117 An undesigning open heart.
1796 F. Burney Camilla III. vi. ix. 316 Camilla..unsuspicious as she was undesigning, thanked the Baronet for his message.
1868 ‘G. Eliot’ in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 6 The undesigning ignorant poor.
b. transferred. Of things.
ΚΠ
1709 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 21 Aug. in Wks. (1803) I. 163 'Tis a plain undesigning truth, your friendship is the only happiness of my life.
1779 J. Moore View Society & Manners France (1789) II. liv. 44 An open manner, and undesigning civility, distinguish the German character.
1860 C. Dickens Uncommerc. Traveller in All Year Round 29 Sept. 590/1 Of such undesigning aspect is his guileless Yard now.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
<
adj.1673