unprovoked
About 0.33 uses per million words.
Meaning
- adjective Happening without provocation.
an unprovoked attack
- adverb Without provocation or motivation.
He attacked me, suddenly, unprovoked.
- verb simple past and past participle of unprovoke
Similar words
unmotivated motiveless wanton unjustifiable unwarranted unjustified groundless baseless unfounded false
Often followed by
attack aggression and attacks assault war by invasion seizures
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