adjective
unprovoked
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adjective
1
Happening without any prior action to cause it.
"Witnesses said the attack was completely unprovoked."
How to Use Unprovoked
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishDone for no reason — nothing prompted it.
Common pairings
unprovoked attack
entirely unprovoked
Word Forms
more unprovoked comparative, more unprovoked comparative, most unprovoked superlative, most unprovoked superlative
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Etymology
From un- + provoked.