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uncoˈmmitted, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not entrusted or delegated.
c1381Chaucer Parl. Foules 518 Whoso hyt doth full fowle hymsylf accloyeth For offyce vncommyttyd oft anoyeth.
2. Not committed or perpetrated; (left) undone.
1598Barret Theor. Warres 11 Gracelesse fellowes which do leaue no kinde of rauening crueltie vncommitted. 1607Hieron Wks. I. 183 He would haue giuen a world, if he had beene able, that the fact of betraying Christ had beene vncommitted. 1643Hammond Lent Serm. at Oxford Wks. 1683 IV. 511 Because he hath..no strength to maintain, no injury to provoke the uncommitted sin. 1814Byron Corsair ii. xi. 22 She scarce had left an uncommitted crime. 1891Meredith One of our Conq. xxxiv, To have the forgiveness for her uncommitted sin dashed in her face.
3. Not referred to a committee.
1807Jefferson Writ. (1830) IV. 95 We propose..to leave the question of war, non-intercourse, or other measures, uncommitted, to the legislature.
4. Not pledged to any particular course. Also absol.
1814Chalmers Let. in Hanna Life (1849) I. 444, I trust you will concede to me the right of bringing a free and uncommitted mind to this matter. 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey iii. i, A young man, uncommitted in political principles. 1884Manch. Exam. 28 Oct. 5/3 Up to the present..the deputation..prefer to regard themselves as uncommitted. 1956Ball & Killough International Relations xxiii. 494 The Arabs had rejected association with the West and insisted on maintaining a ‘neutral’ position. Many Arab leaders regarded the Middle Eastern states as likely to be safer from Soviet attack if they remained uncommitted to the West. 1958Listener 6 Mar. 390/2 It brings in not only countries committed to Western alignment, like the Philippines, Siam, and Pakistan, but also uncommitted countries of the neutral bloc, like India, Burma, and Indonesia. 1958Spectator 22 Aug. 259/2 The key..lies..in a transformation of American relations with the uncommitted world. 1959Oxf. Mag. 11 June 469/2 Islam is likely to gain far more of the uncommitted than is Christianity. 1959News Chron. 10 July 4/2 The uncommitted voter. 1961Daily Tel. 31 Aug. 10 Neutralism, Mr Foster Dulles once declared, is immoral. Nowadays, when the ‘uncommitted’ constitute a decisive, if not solid, phalanx in the United Nations, Western statesmen eschew such language. |