unimpregnatedadj.
1.
a. Not rendered pregnant.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [adjective] > not pregnant or fertilized
barrenc1400
impregnanta1659
unimpregnated1744
unimpregnated1800
unimpregnate1834
empty1858
unfecundated1858
infecundated1864
unfertilized1893
1744 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 43 83 Nor can we conceive any Use of them while the Uterus is unimpregnated at any time.
1793 M. Baillie Morbid Anat. xx. 269 The uterus in such cases is considerably larger than the unimpregnated size.
1862 A. Meadows Man. Midwifery 52 The nerve-tubules in the unimpregnated state.
1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals vii. 446 The unimpregnated, apterous, caterpillar-like females of the Lepidopterous genera Psyche and Solenobia.
b. Not fructified or made prolific.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [adjective] > not pregnant or fertilized
barrenc1400
impregnanta1659
unimpregnated1744
unimpregnated1800
unimpregnate1834
empty1858
unfecundated1858
infecundated1864
unfertilized1893
1800 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 3 160 The remark, that a similar liquor had been found in unimpregnated eggs.
1842 J. Burnet Reynold's Disc. 33 Many young men of genius have disappeared like unimpregnated blossoms, flowery but fruitless.
2. Not impregnated (with some matter).
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [adjective] > not mixed with or modified by
unallayed1519
unmixed1526
uncommixed1598
unlarded1648
untinged1732
unimpregnated1772
untempereda1774
undashed1803
1772–3 T. Percival Ess. Med. & Exper. (1777) I. 59 An ounce and a half of Jamaica Rum, which was..unimpregnated with any astringent matter from the cask.
1791 Philos. Trans. 1790 (Royal Soc.) 80 372 A thick white turbid liquor, which was rendered clear by addition of unimpregnated oil of vitriol.
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