Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: unprovoked
IPA transcription: [,ʌnpɹəv'oʊkt]
adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: motiveless, unprovoked, wanton
    Meaning: occurring without motivation or provocation; "motiveless malignity"; "unprovoked and dastardly attack"- F.D.Roosevelt
Usage examples
  • "For a hideous and wholly unprovoked crime.
  • "An abominable attack ... utterly unprovoked ... dastardly ruffians!"
  • An inconsistent jealousy that had been unprovoked and unjustified, but for which she had suffered. She had known last night, when she winced under his sarcastic tongue, and later, when Saint Hubert had left them and his temper had suddenly boiled over, that she was paying for the unaccustomed strain that he was putting on his own feelings.