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unprovoked

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As an adjective, unprovoked means happening without provocation or motivation. As an adverb, it means without provocation or motivation.

Meanings of unprovoked

2 meanings

adjective

  1. Happening without provocation or motivation.

    “An unprovoked attack.”

adverb

  1. Without provocation or motivation.

    “He attacked me, suddenly, unprovoked.”

verb

Simple past tense and past participle of unprovoke

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

adjective: occurring without motivation or provocation
motivelesswanton

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