unimprovableadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unimˈprovable.

(un- prefix¹ 1b.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > other

brassy1586

unimprovablea1660

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > incapable of improvement

incorrigible1541

unimprovablea1660

unbetterable1806

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > that cannot be improved upon

unamendablea1525

incorrigible1611

unimprovable1822

unbetterable1874

a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) iii. 39 The principal faculty which is irrecoverably wanting in such, and by all teaching irreparable and unimproveable, is the power of numbring.

1681 J. Oldham tr. Horace Art of Poetry in Some New Pieces never Publisht 14 At first dash, as if before 'twere known, [he] Embarques you in the middle of the Plot, And what is unimprovable leaves out.

1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life (ed. 3) III. 52 The 'Squire, however, remained totally unimprovable.

1790 Act 30 Geo. III c. 50 To sell or alienate Fee Farm, and other unimproveable Rents.

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. iv. 83 You shew an absolute and unimproveable acquaintance with..mankind in general.

1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. xxiv. 548 A people the most unprincipled and unimproveable of all.

Derivatives

unimˈprovableness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > incapability of being taught

indocibility1607

unteachableness1607

indocibleness1647

unimprovableness1654

ineducability1918

1654 H. Hammond Of Fund. in Notion xvi. 174 This must be imputed..to their ignorance and unimprovableness in matters of knowledge.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unimprovable
释义	unimprovableadj. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unimˈprovable. (un- prefix¹ 1b.) ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > badness or evil > worse > [adjective] > other brassy1586 unimprovablea1660 the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [adjective] > incapable of improvement incorrigible1541 unimprovablea1660 unbetterable1806 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > that cannot be improved upon unamendablea1525 incorrigible1611 unimprovable1822 unbetterable1874 a1660 H. Hammond Serm. (1664) iii. 39 The principal faculty which is irrecoverably wanting in such, and by all teaching irreparable and unimproveable, is the power of numbring. 1681 J. Oldham tr. Horace Art of Poetry in Some New Pieces never Publisht 14 At first dash, as if before 'twere known, [he] Embarques you in the middle of the Plot, And what is unimprovable leaves out. 1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life (ed. 3) III. 52 The 'Squire, however, remained totally unimprovable. 1790 Act 30 Geo. III c. 50 To sell or alienate Fee Farm, and other unimproveable Rents. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel II. iv. 83 You shew an absolute and unimproveable acquaintance with..mankind in general. 1847 G. Grote Hist. Greece III. xxiv. 548 A people the most unprincipled and unimproveable of all. Derivatives unimˈprovableness n. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > qualities of learners > [noun] > incapability of being taught indocibility1607 unteachableness1607 indocibleness1647 unimprovableness1654 ineducability1918 1654 H. Hammond Of Fund. in Notion xvi. 174 This must be imputed..to their ignorance and unimprovableness in matters of knowledge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1654
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