unconfiding

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English

Etymology

From un- +‎ confiding.

Adjective

unconfiding (comparative more unconfiding, superlative most unconfiding)

  1. Not inclined to share confidences; taciturn.
    • 1838, [Letitia Elizabeth] Landon (indicated as editor), chapter I, in Duty and Inclination: , volume III, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 5:
      It was the merits of Sir Howard to which her attention was continually being attracted. Whence came it then that she still remained unconfiding and mistrustful of him?