Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not benign; the reverse of benign; malignant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not benign; malignant.

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  • adjective Not benign; malevolent.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ benign

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Examples

  • The Sun was so to move as to affect the earth alternately with a cold and heat almost unbearable; to the Moon were assigned her motions; the other planets were to join in various ways, often "unbenign."

    National Epics Kate Milner Rabb 1901

  • Cardinal McCarrick’s unbenign influence was apparent.

    John Kerry, Excommunicated? 2004

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