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† unbeˈhoveful, a. Obs.
[un-1 7.]
Not profitable or useful; unnecessary.
1429Rolls of Parlt. V. 417/2 [Fortresses and places] suche as shall be thoght..unbehovefull. c1520Barclay Jugurtha 4 b, Neuertheles so to do it is vnbehouefull & vnexpedyent. 1619W. Sclater Exp. 1 Thess. (1630) 554 Things lawfull in themselues may be vnseemely for our state and calling; vnbehouefull also to benefit of others. 1624Bp. R. Montagu New Gagg 205 We hold it needlesse,..as unbehoovefull, and to no purpose. 1648Hexham ii, Onbehoeflick, Vnbehovefull. |