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  • adjective Not causing damage.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ damaging

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Examples

  • I think feminism is - in part - about making your own choices, and having as wide a range of undamaging choices for men and women as is possible.

    Dieting, guilt and the church of feminism Elizabeth McClung 2006

  • But undoubtedly, behind all of these conspicuously undamaging responses were the subtle mind-tricks of Elspeth Doyle and the art of the New Labour Spin-Jedi.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • But undoubtedly, behind all of these conspicuously undamaging responses were the subtle mind-tricks of Elspeth Doyle and the art of the New Labour Spin-jedi.

    Boiling a frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • But undoubtedly, behind all of these conspicuously undamaging responses were the subtle mind-tricks of Elspeth Doyle and the art of the New Labour Spin-Jedi.

    Boiling a Frog Brookmyre, Christopher, 1968- 2000

  • In the course of my ordinary avocations "-- the parliamentary atmosphere seemed to be affecting his language --" I ascertained a certain secret in your past life which, if it were revealed, might conceivably have a not undamaging effect upon your career.

    Once a Week 1919

  • In the course of my ordinary avocations "-- the parliamentary atmosphere seemed to be affecting his language --" I ascertained a certain secret in your past life which, if it were revealed, might conceivably have a not undamaging effect upon your career.

    Happy Days 1919

  • They were enjoying it, though both intensely warlike, because it was a sword-sharpening, firelock-cleaning peace, dear to a military heart and undamaging to military prestige, inasmuch that no one believed in its sincerity or duration.

    A Set of Six 1906

  • They were enjoying it, though both intensely warlike, because it was a sword-sharpening, firelock-cleaning peace, dear to a military heart and undamaging to military prestige, inasmuch that no one believed in its sincerity or duration.

    A Set of Six Joseph Conrad 1890

  • No, the curing of the doctor by the damaged girl is also and maybe even moreso the undamaging of the girl, the curing of the girl by the girl herself, from the perspective of patient-as-doctor.

    The House Next Door Dan Jardine 2010

  • Air-soft weapons are usually undamaging however defensive gear is actually really recommended.

    ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds 2010

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