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unexˈposed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not brought to light; not shown up.
1703S. Centlivre Beau's Duel ii. ii, Would they take my advice, no fop..shou'd 'scape unexposed. 1741Watts Improv. Mind i. v. §8 (1801) 55 They will endeavour..to render it useless by their censures, rather than suffer..the little mistakes of the author to pass unexposed. 1817Cobbett Taking Leave 29 While her infamous press was revelling in unexposed falsehoods and calumnies.
2. Not rendered open, subject, or liable, to something.
a1691Boyle Hist. Air (1692) 82 A place unexposed to the moon's light. 1769E. Bancroft Guiana 17 The white inhabitants..are unexposed to the rays of the sun near mid⁓day. 1814Wordsw. Excurs. iv. 757 Existence unexposed To the blind walk of mortal accident. 1865Neale Hymns Paradise 10 Unexposed to change and chance.
3. Photogr. (See expose v. 3.)
1892Photogr. Ann. II. 229 The principal constituent of an unexposed dry plate is silver bromide. |