uncunning

English

Etymology

un- +‎ cunning

Adjective

uncunning (comparative more uncunning, superlative most uncunning)

  1. Not cunning or crafty.
  2. (obsolete) Ignorant; lacking knowledge.
    • Chaucer
      I am young and uncunning, as thou wost.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for uncunning in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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