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unˈpatterned, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Unexampled, unequalled. Now arch.
1621Fletcher Thierry & Theod. iii. i, To bring forth a second to your self, Was only worthy of my Virgin loss; And should I prize you less, unpattern'd Sir, Then being exemplify'd? 1641Prynne Dioc. Prel. Tyr. i. 35 The un⁓patternd compliency both of the Judges, and Court of Star-Chamber. 1657Bp. H. King Poems (1843) 48 What debt of service I do truly ow To your unpattern'd self. 1899Academy 28 Oct. 479/2 Old Sam Butler, most singular and unpatterned of satirists.
2. Not decorated with a pattern.
1884Bazaar 19 Dec. 658/1 The only rule seems to be that the fabric must be unpatterned.
3. Not formed or cast into a pattern.
1949M. Mead Male & Female ix. 190 Man, the heir of tradition, provides for women and children. We have no indication that man..unpatterned by social learning, would do anything of the sort. 1960T. McLean Kings of Rugby xi. 192 Too much unpatterned play. 1977Sci. Amer. Jan. 117/1 Consider an analogous isomorphism exhibited by a sequence of unpatterned digits such as pi. |