单词 | unestablished |
释义 | unestablishedadj. 1. Not established or firmly settled. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] unsicker?c1225 uncertaina1382 unsadc1384 untristya1387 untrustya1387 unsurec1412 falliblec1425 slipperc1430 ficklea1450 frivol1488 slidder?a1500 casuala1535 slippery1548 slippy1548 failable1561 doubtful1562 lubricious1584 slope1587 queasy1589 unconfirmedc1592 nice1598 catching1603 loose1603 precary1606 ambiguous1612 treacherous1612 unsafe1615 unsureda1616 precarious1626 lubric1631 dubious1635 lubricous1646 unestablished1646 unfixed1654 unsecure?a1685 unreliable1810 unproven1836 untrustworthy1846 shady1848 wobbly1877 Kaffir1899 independable1921 dodgy1961 temperamental1962 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 227 [A conclusion] clapt up from petitionary foundations and principles un~established . View more context for this quotation 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth Pref. p. iii This great fundamental Truth, unestablish'd, or unawaken'd in the Minds of Men. 1776 W. J. Mickle in tr. L. de Camoens Lusiad Introd. p. cliv A work which claims poetical merit, while its reputation is unestablished. 1873 M. Arnold Lit. & Dogma xi. 346 A notion unestablished, not resting on observation and experience. 2. spec. a. Of churches or religious bodies: (see establish v. 7). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > kinds of church government > establishmentarianism > [adjective] > not uninstituted1702 unestablished1884 1884 E. W. Benson Let. 5 Sept. in A. C. Benson Life of E. W. Benson (1899) II. 496 The difference of the court made no difference in the union even of an established Church—and how can it..do so for an unestablished Church? 1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 4 Oct. 1/1 Her communion embraces Churches established, unestablished, and disestablished. b. Of employees or employment: Not included in the regular staff or establishment. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > in (regular) employment > belonging to staff > not unordinary1547 unestablished1890 1890 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 July 5/2 Sanction..to..increase the minimum wage to postmen (including unestablished men). 1894 Daily News 15 Sept. 6/3 Within the same time ‘unestablished situations’..have been given to 1,110 soldiers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1646 |
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