unbetteredadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2. Compare Dutch ongebeterd, Middle High German ungebezzert (German -bessert), Middle Swedish obätrad.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈbettered.

Not made better; unimproved.

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the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchanged

unwharvedc1175

unchangeda1387

inreformed1548

unaltered1551

unalterate1568

uninfringed1610

unbettered1628

immute1639

unimproved1665

untransmuted1666

same1667

unmodified1668

invarieda1676

fixeda1699

constantc1710

immutate1788

underanged1817

unsuperseded1857

1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 941 All they that goe Unbetter'd from such objects, worse doe grow.

1649 E. Sparke in J. Shute Sarah & Hagar To Rdr. sig. b He..so tempered the wine and oil together, that none (but through his own default) might go away unbettered.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 49 From kings, and priests, and statesmen, war arose, Whose safety is man's deep unbettered woe.

1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 310 Even these..Unbent, unbettered will again rush forth In all the might of madness and despair.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unbettered
释义	unbetteredadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2. Compare Dutch ongebeterd, Middle High German ungebezzert (German -bessert), Middle Swedish obätrad.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈbettered. Not made better; unimproved. ΘΚΠ the world > time > change > absence of change, changelessness > [adjective] > unchanged unwharvedc1175 unchangeda1387 inreformed1548 unaltered1551 unalterate1568 uninfringed1610 unbettered1628 immute1639 unimproved1665 untransmuted1666 same1667 unmodified1668 invarieda1676 fixeda1699 constantc1710 immutate1788 underanged1817 unsuperseded1857 1628 G. Wither Britain's Remembrancer iv. 941 All they that goe Unbetter'd from such objects, worse doe grow. 1649 E. Sparke in J. Shute Sarah & Hagar To Rdr. sig. b He..so tempered the wine and oil together, that none (but through his own default) might go away unbettered. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab iv. 49 From kings, and priests, and statesmen, war arose, Whose safety is man's deep unbettered woe. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 310 Even these..Unbent, unbettered will again rush forth In all the might of madness and despair. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1628
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