unattemptedadj.
/ˌʌnəˈtɛm(p)tᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈtɛm(p)təd/ 1. Not attempted or tried.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > [adjective] > attempted > not
unassayedc1374
unattempted1548
unsought1582
undared1587
unventured1606
unessayed1642
unendeavoured1656
untempted1744
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cvv Thei..assauted the walles, and left nothyng vnattempted, whiche might bee to theim, any aduantage.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xv. sig. Z3v Leauing no meanes vnattempted of destroying his son.
1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 191 Yet no meanes shall bee vnattempted to discharge my duty.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 16 Things unattempted yet in Prose or Rhime.
1734 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) III. 561 That we might leave no means unattempted for the Relief of these..Men.
1744 M. Akenside Pleasures Imagination i. 696 To adorn This unattempted theme.
1817 J. Bentham Chrestomathia Pt. II 239 The imperfection, so long as the work has any use, will not afford any sufficient reason for leaving it unattempted.
1846 A. Marsh Father Darcy II. xiii. 230 Whatever the work left unattempted at home [etc.].
2. Upon, or against, which no attempt has been made.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > not attacked or molested
unsoughta1300
unannoyeda1470
unbaited15..
unmolested1531
unpersecuted?1545
unmolestc1560
unassaileda1586
unattempteda1616
unthreatened1649
unattacked1663
uninfested1670
unaffronted1753
uninsulted1832
unharried1871
unshot1897
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) ii. i. 592 My hand, as vnattempted yet, Like a poore begger, raileth on the rich. View more context for this quotation
1687 T. Shadwell tr. Juvenal Tenth Satyr 372 While flourishing Troy Yet unattempted, did full peace enjoy.
a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 48 The Thief stole the Head, and left the Trunk unattempted.
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