unprovoked

English

Etymology

un- +‎ provoked

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌʌnpɹəˈvoʊkt/
Hyphenation: un‧pro‧voked

Adjective

unprovoked (comparative more unprovoked, superlative most unprovoked)

Happening without provocation or motivation.
An unprovoked attack.
- 2020 September 9, “Network News: Man jailed for Hillingdon murder”, in Rail, page 25:
  A 22-year-old man has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 25 years for fatally stabbing 22-year-old Tashan Daniel in an unprovoked attack at Hillingdon Underground station on September 24 2019.

Translations

without provocation

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Belarusian: несправакаваны (njespravakavany)
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German: unprovoziert
Greek: απρόκλητος (el) (apróklitos)
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Latin: illacessītus
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Polish: bezpodstawny (pl)
Romanian: neprovocat
Russian: неспровоци́рованный (ru) (nesprovocírovannyj)
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Ukrainian: неспровоко́ваний (nesprovokóvanyj)

Adverb

unprovoked (comparative more unprovoked, superlative most unprovoked)

Without provocation or motivation.
- 2011, Mil Millington ·, Love and Other Near Death Experiences:
  'He said, "I won't bugger you"? Really?' 'Yes, really.' 'God. That is a bit suspicious; coming out unprovoked.'
- 2012, Lord Loveday Ememe, The Supernatural:
  The supernatural are so destructive that they have to create conditions to enable the continuous infliction of mental and physical injuries on others unprovoked.
- 2015, Mark E. Cooper, Way of the Wolf: Shifter Legacies 1:
  So when one of our own flouts our laws to attack my house unprovoked—”
He attacked me, suddenly, unprovoked.

Verb

unprovoked

simple past and past participle of unprovoke

References

“unprovoked”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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