immetricaladj.
/ɪˈmɛtrɪkəl/ Not metrical; unmetrical.
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immetrical1598
unmeasured1604
numberlessa1658
unmetrical1765
innumerous1886
metreless1892
1598 G. Chapman in tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades To Rdr. French and Italian most immetrical, Their many syllables in harsh collision.
1884 Swinburne in 19th Cent. May 779 Cowley's ‘immetrical’ irregularity.
1895 Athenæum 22 June 796/1 When the word following the begins with a vowel, the line is absolutely immetrical.
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iˈmmetrically adv.
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immetrically1885
1885 Swinburne in 19th Cent. Jan. 73 The right-hand margin of the line thus immetrically printed.
iˈmmetricalness n.
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immetricalness1862
1862 F. Hall Sánkhya-sára Pref. 12 (note) With respect to the immetricalness of the tenth Káriká.
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