unoppositeadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈɒpəzɪt/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈɒpəsɪt/, U.S. /ˌənˈɑpəzət/ rare.
Not opposite (in various senses). Of a person: even-handed; amenable, tractable.
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unopposite1825
1825 Reg. Arts & Sci. 5 Feb. 199 The irregular breadths of margin that occur in bound books, as well as the unopposite situation of the numbers to the pages.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. ix. 499 In point of affections, let the witness be, with reference to each party, altogether unopposite;..equally a friend to both.
1996 Irish Times (Nexis) 9 Apr. 9 She..said that he taught her how ‘unopposite’ men could be.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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