unbreathedadj.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > not prepared by training, etc.
unexercised1577
unbreathed1590
1590 T. Cokayne Treat. Hunting C 4 Who so hunteth vnbreathed hounds at the Bucke first in hot weather.
1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream v. i. 74 Hard handed men,..Which neuer labour'd in their minds till now: And now haue toyled their vnbreathed memories, With this same Play. View more context for this quotation
1620 F. Quarles Jonah 99 A Muse vnbreath'd, vnlikely to obtaine An easie honour, by so stout a Traine.
1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 12 I cannot praise a fugitive and cloister'd vertue, unexercis'd & unbreath'd.
2.
a. Not having recovered breath.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > out of breath
windlessa1400
breathlessa1425
pantingc1425
breathed1599
outbreathed1600
blown1674
unbreathed1692
puffed1813
pumped-out1854
winded1883
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [adjective] > of breath: short > affected with
windlessa1400
breathlessa1425
short-breathed1470
andless1487
short-windeda1500
short-ended1595
breathed1599
outbreathed1600
strait-winded1601
anhelous1617
anheled1656
anhelant1657
suspirious1657
anhelose1661
blown1674
short-lunged1687
unbreathed1692
puffy1799
puffed1813
scant-of-wind1823
pumped-out1854
winded1883
1692 M. Prior Ode Imitation Horace v Yon' Hero, crown'd with blooming Victory,..And yet unbreath'd from Battles gain'd.
b. Not out of breath or exhausted.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [adjective] > out of breath > not out of breath
unbreathed1901
1901 R. Kipling Kim xiv, in McClure's Mag. Sept. 484/1 Kim's messenger dropped from the steep pasture as unbreathed as when she had set out.
3. Not breathed (upon); not respired.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > [adjective] > not breathed upon
unbreathed1817
1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh ii. 186 When from those lips, unbreath'd upon for years, I shall again kiss off the soul-felt tears.
1831 W. Wordsworth Yarrow Revisited vi. 9 Rocks, rivers, and smooth lakes more clear than glass Untouched, unbreathed upon.
1884 Imperial Dict. (at cited word) Air unbreathed.
4. Not uttered or whispered.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] > not mentioned
unsaidc1000
untouchedc1380
untoldc1386
unreckoneda1425
undescrived1435
unrehearsedc1443
unrecitedc1487
unrecountedc1487
unspoken1487
unpronounced1496
unconfesseda1500
indiscussed1534
unmentioned1545
unpreachedc1555
unexpressed1561
unquoted1567
undescribed1575
unreported1576
unrepeated1577
uncited1581
unalleged1587
undelated1597
untalked1599
unspoke1608
unrelated1611
unuttered1651
unimparted1655
unlanguaged1677
uncommented1751
unchanted1820
unwhispered1821
unbreatheda1827
unpoetized1831
unenounceda1856
unvoiced1859
unworded1860
unstated1864
unadmitted1895
a1827 J. Hislop Cameronian's Dream 30 The vengeance that darkened their brow was unbreathed.
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