单词 | unchartered |
释义 | uncharteredadj. 1. figurative. Not authorized as by the terms of a charter; irregular, lawless. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > unauthorized unauthorized1597 unauthoritied1641 unchartered1805 1805 W. Wordsworth Ode to Duty 37 Me this unchartered freedom tires. 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters ix. 215 The unchartered wind that ‘bloweth where it listeth’. 1885 Athenæum 25 July 105/1 Faust..has mistaken unchartered freedom and limitless desires for the true human ideal. 2. Not furnished with a charter; not formally privileged or constituted. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [adjective] > having franchises or privileges > not charterlessa1420 unfree1442 infree1584 unaffranchized1611 unfranchised1648 unchartered1812 unenfranchised1832 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] > lacking confirmation nakedc1400 unratified1565 unsubscribed1571 unsealeda1616 unavouched1629 intestate1656 unattested1665 unconfirmed1671 uncertified1681 unvouched1775 incorroborated1784 unauthenticated1787 unvalued1807 unchartered1812 unaccredited1828 unfathered1830 unguaranteed1855 misvouched1876 uncorroborated1911 1812 Weekly Reg. (Baltimore) 2 19/2 Those planters..who should place confidence in the paper of unchartered banks. 1818 H. Hallam View Europe Middle Ages II. viii. 320 The representation of unchartered, or at least unincorporated boroughs. 1822 J. Flint Lett. from Amer. 283 At the time when this happened, the people had just become jealous of unchartered banks. 1901 Harper's Mag. 102 700/1 The Squatters—or unchartered settlers—roamed, at first, rent free. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1805 |
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