uncontrivedadj.
/ˌʌnkənˈtrʌɪvd/, /ˌʌŋkənˈtrʌɪvd/, U.S. /ˌənkənˈtraɪvd/ (un- prefix1 2.)
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the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > without cause
unsoughtc1350
causelessc1386
unoccasioned1579
uncontrived1612
uncauseda1628
occasionless1631
anaetiological1652
incausable1653
1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 41 If hee shall practise vncontriued conclusions vpon our liues.
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica i. xi. 44 Thus hath he deluded many Nations..from casuall and uncontrived contingences divining events succeeding. View more context for this quotation
1790 W. Paley Horæ Paulinæ iv. §8 A species of confirmation..evidently uncontrived.
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