unapprisedadj.
Not apprised or informed:
a. Const. of.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] > lacking information
none the wiserc1175
unformedc1540
untold1590
uninformed1597
unascertained1628
unnewseda1644
a stranger to1694
unapprised1728
tidingless1822
unenlightened1829
out of the loop1976
1728 R. Morris Ess. Anc. Archit. p. xxii Those who are unappriz'd of the minuter Proportions.
1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 58 But he, unapprised of the anxious expectation he excited, loitered by the way.
1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iv. 144 The author must not be supposed..unapprised of the vast controversy of which it has been the subject.
1852 G. C. Mundy Our Antipodes III. v. 141 Aware that Darlington had been a Probation Station.., and unapprised of its abandonment.
b. With subordinate clause, or without const.
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1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 34 Some mischievously weep, not unappriz'd, Tears, sometimes, aid the Conquest of an Eye.
1746 J. Wesley Princ. Methodist farther Explain'd 49 I suppose, you are not unapprized, That during this Period..they were continually relieved by the Prayers of the Faithful.
1783 P. Pott Chirurg. Wks. (new ed.) II. 65 I also am not unapprized what influence a successful operation has had.
1816 P. Hervé Beauties Paris I. 238 Truly mortifying is it to the unapprized visitor to one of the first theatres in Europe, to find [etc.]
1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece IV. ii. xxxii. 266 They doubtless were not unapprised that the Spartans had actually equipped an army for the support of Crœsus.
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