unattainedadj.n.
/ˌʌnəˈteɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈteɪnd/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced > not
unvisited1548
untoucheda1586
unattained1613
inaffected1617
uninfluenced1735
unexcited1748
unaffected1830
unsolicited1857
unattacked1878
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 136 Any of those bring extrinsicke danger, or intrinsicke errours, from both which you must liue free and vnattained.
2.
a. Not attained or reached.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out > not attained
unacquired1653
unarrived1658
unattaineda1674
a1674 Earl of Clarendon Dialogue conc. Educ. in Tracts (1727) 326 The Art of Logick..is rarely unattained there [i.e. at the Universities] by any who spend their Time there with any Application.
1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth II. 92 When the mind reflects with regret upon some good unattained or lost.
1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho III. i. 3 Unless the crime..was instigated merely by resentment..its object must be unattained, till the niece was also dead.
1868 W. Morris Earthly Paradise ii. 585 Days once bright, With foolish hopes of unattained delight.
b. n. With the: That which is not attained.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > leaving undone > that which is not done > that which is not attained
unattained1854
1854 H. W. Longfellow Epimetheus xii Thou makest each mystery clearer, And the unattained seems nearer.
1870 J. G. Whittier My Triumph in Compl. Poet. Wks. (1873) 431/1 I better know than all How little I have gained, How vast the unattained.
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