unbenign

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ benign.

Pronunciation

Adjective

unbenign (comparative more unbenign, superlative most unbenign)

  1. Not benign; malevolent.
    • 2008 March 16, Benjamin Black, “The Lemur”, in New York Times:
      They gave him, those eyes, the look of being always meanly at work on some extended, crafty and unbenign calculation.