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Etymology

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un- +‎ pugnacious

Adjective

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unpugnacious (comparative more unpugnacious, superlative most unpugnacious)

  1. Not pugnacious.
    • 2007 June 1, Alessandra Stanley, “In Casting for President, Will Actor Rate a Callback?”, in New York Times[1]:
      Arthur was elected to replace the unpugnacious Nora Lewin (Dianne Wiest ), a liberal law professor who was skittish about capital punishment and clashed with more aggressive prosecutors.