Meaning

1 senses
  1. Happening without provocation.

    Near-synonym: unmotivated

    an unprovoked attack

    unprovoziert

    неспровоци́рованныйnesprovocírovannyj

    неспровоко́ванийnesprovokóvanyj

    occurring without motivation or provocation

Examples

4 sentences
  1. It was unprovoked.

  2. Unprovoked laughter is a sign of foolishness.

    ruСмех без причины - признак дурачины. — marafon

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  3. Russia is the only country to blame for its decision to launch an unprovoked imperialist invasion of Ukraine.

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  4. I love seeing people who think asking to join NATO is a provocation but the Six-Day War was completely unprovoked.

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Translations

5 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
without provocation:
Deutsch
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without provocation:

Forms

more unprovoked, most unprovoked
Comparativemore unprovoked Lesson
Superlativemost unprovoked Lesson

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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