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uneˈxemplary, a.
[un-1 7.]
†1. Unexampled, unprecedented. Obs.
1649in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. ii. III. 340 To give you some relation of the sad and unexemplary murther of our Soveraign. 1704in Lond. Gaz. No. 4058/1 Your Majesty's unexemplary Piety. 1730Swift Vind. Ld. Carteret Wks. 1761 III. 186 He hath in a most unexemplary manner led a regular domestic life.
2. Not exemplary; not to be taken as a model.
1699Shaftesbury Inquiry conc. Virtue i. ii. 3 Nothing horrid or unnatural, nothing unexemplary, nothing destructive of..natural affection. 1894Daily News 5 Feb. 3/3 A staunch upholder of that unexemplary husband [sc. George IV] in his long contest with his wife. |