unmisgiving

adjective

un·​misgiving

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: not having misgivings : certain, confident

a small and unambitious, yet unmisgiving and happy production

—Leigh Hunt

unmisgivingly adverb

Word History

Etymology

un- entry 1 + misgiving, present participle of misgive

First Known Use

1693, in the meaning defined above

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