unthreatening

adjective

un·threat·en·ing

ˌən-ˈthret-niŋ,

-ˈthre-tᵊn-iŋ

Synonyms of unthreatening next

: not presenting a threat : not threatening

… Mr. Yanobe's sculptures are friendly, unthreatening beings.—

Sarah Bayliss

unthreateningly adverb

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Bacon was manly in an unthreatening, apolitical way, embraced by role models as diverse as Ron Swanson and James Deen. —

Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024 For the first four decades since its creation in 1972, the party was consistently dismissed as a marginal and anomalous phenomenon, unfortunate but unthreatening. —

Carlo Invernizzi Accetti, Foreign Affairs, 18 Feb. 2016 The unthreatening, cuddly bears soon emerged as the choice to represent China on the world stage. —

Ann Scott Tyson, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 July 2024 There was something very unthreatening, ironically, about this man. —

Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unthreatening