unconformedadj.
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society > faith > aspects of faith > nonconformity > [adjective]
dissentiousa1568
unconformed?1608
unconformable1611
unconforming1622
unconformist1640
nonconformist1641
dissenting1644
nonconforming1646
non-conform1648
non-conformable1653
unconform1655
fanatical1678
non-consenting1680
nonconformistical1808
dissident1837
Dissenterish1841
unconformitable1888
chapel1946
?1608 J. Donne Lett. (1651) 36 That more single [duellism], and almost self-homicide, between the unconformed Ministers, and Bishops.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 454 All the unconformed ministers were summoned..to come to their meeting.
2. Geology. (Cf. unconformable adj. 3.)
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [adjective]
unconformable1815
unconformed1845
1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 656/2 A little appearance of the chalk is observable North of the coal of Elberfeld, to which it is unconformed.
1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) 325 Where any beds of the oolitic system are really unconformed to others of the same system below them.
Derivatives
unconˈformedly adv.
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the world > the earth > structure of the earth > structural features > discontinuity or unconformity > [adverb]
unconformably1839
unconformedly1845
1845 J. Phillips & C. G. B. Daubeny Geol. in Encycl. Metrop. VI. 590/1 The Northern and Southern portion of this great tract..agree in being..covered unconformedly by the magnesian limestone.
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adj.?1608