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▪ I. unˈprofit, n. (un-1 12. Cf. MDu. onprofijt, MLG. unprofit.)
1382Wyclif Heb. vii. 18 Forsoth reprouyng of the maundement bifore goynge is maad, for the vnsadnesse and vnprofyt of it. a1420Wycliffite Bible Eccl. i. 1 marg., Kunnyng getun bi mannus weye is vnprofit and diseseful. c1430Pilgr. Lyf Manhode i. iii. (1869) 58 Who so hath on this garnement he dooth his profyt, with that that oothere doon here vnprofyt and here harm. 1483Cath. Angl. 292/1 Vn Profett,..jncomoditas. 1598Florio, Disutile,..vn⁓profit. 1840Browning Sordello v. 327 Through his youth's daybreak of unprofit, quite To his noon's labour. ▪ II. † unˈprofit, v. Obs. (un-2 3.)
14..Latin-Ang. Voc. (MS. Harl. 2257), Incommodo, vnproffite. 1541R. Copland Galyen's Terap. 2 C iv, A clere and notable vntemperatnes,..which is the greatest cause..that maye vnproffyte and anoye in the vlceres. |