uncomposedadj.
1. Not composed or made up; not composite.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > composed of one part
singlea1387
simplea1398
simplexa1398
uncompound1541
uncomposed1570
incompounded1603
uncombined1611
uncompounded1615
incomplexed1628
incomposed1634
uncoacted1642
incomplex1658
elementalish1671
incomposite1677
incomplicate1686
uncomplex1702
incompound1735
uncomplicated1792
1570 H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. vii. f. 185v Numbers vncomposed, haue no part to measure them, but onely vnitie.
1644 K. Digby Two Treat. ii. i. 358 We can not diuide the actions of mans mind, further then into apprehensions; and therefore we called them simple and vncomposed.
2. Not put together in proper form.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > not brought into harmony > not properly put together
uncomposed1598
incoherenta1631
incondite1634
incomposite1880
pockety1920
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Discomposto, vncomposed, shapelesse, formelesse.
c1610–15 tr. St. Gregory of Nyssa Life St. Macrina in C. Horstmann Lives Women Saints (1886) 189 I haue sett downe her life in playne and vncomposed wordes.
1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty ii. 17 Variety uncomposed, and without design, is confusion and deformity.
1838 T. Carlyle in London & Westm. Rev. Jan. 298 Scott's Biography, if uncomposed, lies..here, in the elementary state, and can at any time be composed, if necessary.
3.
a. Not reduced to an orderly or tranquil state; disordered, excited.
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the mind > emotion > suffering > state of being upset or perturbed > [adjective]
reigheOE
drofc1000
druvyOE
restlessOE
worya1225
forstraughtc1386
unquertc1390
unsaughtc1390
ill (evil) at easea1400
unrofula1400
unquietc1400
unrestya1413
unquieted?a1425
unrestful?c1425
unpeaceda1475
out of quieta1500
inquiet?1504
uneasya1513
perturbed1538
unquietous?1545
disquieted?1548
astraught1564
astraughted1565
agitate1567
turmoiled1570
disquiet1587
distroubled1590
weltered1590
disturbed1593
twitcheda1594
troublesome1596
stract1598
uncomposed1601
discomposed1603
incomposed1608
uncouth1660
unserene1664
chagrin1665
agitated1684
perturbated1704
disordered1711
perturbate1741
chagrineda1754
nervish1760
uncomfortable1796
funked1831
untranquillized1831
streaked1833
striped1839
discomfortable1844
streaky1848
bothered1851
funked out1859
bebothered1866
disorderly1871
fantod1883
rattled1885
aflap1887
shook1891
dicked-up1967
torqued1967
weirded out1973
1601 B. Jonson Every Man in his Humor v. i. sig. M2v It is a vertue that persues, Any saue rude and vncomposed spirites. View more context for this quotation
1639 E. Reynolds Medit. Last Supper (ed. 2) xviii Sudden, uncomposed, & uncollected thoughts.
1691 J. Hartcliffe Treat. Virtues 205 The Scum of an empty Mind, the very froth of an unsetled and uncomposed Spirit.
b. Unregulated; disorderly.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > unruliness > [adjective]
wildc1000
unthewedc1175
wanton?a1300
rabbisha1387
irregular1395
inordinate1398
unruly1400
misgoverned?a1425
misruled?a1425
misruly?a1425
unruleful1439
seditious1447
rulelessc1460
turbulous1527
undaunted1533
turbulent1538
unordinate1561
rowsey1565
misorderlya1568
disruly1570
rabbling1575
disorderous1579
irregulate1579
disorderly1585
break-dance1587
willyart?1590
unguided1600
inorderly1606
anarchial1609
irregulousa1616
unmasterlya1623
uncomposed1631
obstreperous1641
disriegled1657
ranting1658
rantipole1660
reuling1691
shandy1691
rumblegarie1722
randy1723
obstropolous1727
wanruly1773
polrumptious1787
ree-raw1800
rambunctious1830
roid1874
unordered1929
rogue1948
1631 R. Brathwait Whimzies xix. 152 Not an irregular haire about him, nor an unset looke to attend him, nor an uncomposed cringe to accoutre him.
1649 A. Ross Life Mahomet in tr. Alcoran 411 The uncomposed gestures of the drunkard.
4. Not brought into a state of concord.
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the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [adjective] > not brought into harmony
unconcerted1594
untuned1602
uncomposed1650
uncompounded1659
irreconciled1750
unadjusted1812
1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico v. 133 In his Letters to the Governess, the Emperour promised her his endeavours, if any thing was yet uncomposed.
1651 C. Cartwright Certamen Religiosum i. 87 Whilst the Catholicks have no jars undecided, no differences uncomposed.
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