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unˈanswered, ppl. a.
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1390Gower Conf. I. 250 Bot for nothing that evere he can He mihte as thanne noght ben herd, So that his cleym is unansuerd. 1464Cov. Leet Bk. 323 That hit were doughtfull sich suggestion to remayn vnanswered. 1532More Confut. Tindale iii. 281 Tyndale wolde haue sayed I hadde dissymyled, and lefte vnanswered his chyefe reason of all. 1585T. Washington tr. Nicholay's Voy. i. xix. 22 [They began] to shoote at the castle with great furie, which was not leaft vnanswered. 1611Shakes. Wint. T. v. i. 229 Your Petition Is yet vn-answer'd. 1653W. Ramesey Astrol. Restored 37 The Art remains still unshaken, and it [= a book] unanswered. 1738Wesley Ps. vi. iv, Weary of my unanswered Groans, Yet still with never-ceasing Moans I languish for Relief. 1796F. Burney Camilla ii. xi, His unanswered observations contributed but little to enliven the walk. 1843Mrs. Carlyle Lett. (1883) I. 276 She has left my last letter unanswered. 1901Spectator 20 July 92/2 The arguments so ably re-stated..are not only unanswered but unanswerable. |