单词 | unprofited |
释义 | unprofitedadj. Now rare. That has not profited or benefited from something; unrewarded. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding unspeedya1300 speedless13.. improfitablea1325 unthriftyc1374 unnotefula1400 rewardless1481 thriveless1521 unbehovablea1557 thriftless1568 profitless1574 ungainful1599 unprofiteda1616 unthriving1617 ungaining1632 endlessa1640 gainless1640 improficuous1650 unrewarding1651 uncompensated1775 unrepaying1829 ungainsome1832 blind alley1902 dead end1928 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > [adjective] > disadvantaged > not benefited unprofiting1614 unbenefited1735 unprofited1796 a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. iv. 22 Be clamorous, and leape all ciuill bounds, Rather then make vnprofited returne. View more context for this quotation 1658 E. Burrough Let. in Good Counsel & Advice Rejected (1659) 60 People are not converted nor turned to God from their evil wayes, but remains [sic] unprofited. 1704 T. Gale Serm. Holy-days ii. 33 It will be in vain and fruitless and our understandings will remain unprofited. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Destiny of Nations 381 Why, uninjured and unprofited, Should multitudes against their brethren rush? 1820 W. Jay Prayers 296 How un~profited have we been under the richest means of religious prosperity. 1858 L. P. Hickok Rational Cosmol. 6 Should any find themselves both uninterested and unprofited by the discussion, they can at once pass over..the introduction. 1903 Classical Rev. 17 264/1 The strange hybrid..will find plenty of readers and readers not unprofited. Compounds(Cf. note at un- prefix1 2c.)ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > not turned to use or taken advantage of unimproved1781 unprofited of1813 unexploited1888 unharnessed1903 1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things II. vi. Comm. p. xxii Never to permit a circumstance of importance..to pass unprofited of, as a moral lesson. 1889 J. Allen tr. F. Hunolt Penitent Christian II. lxiv. 377 Shall we allow this golden opportunity to go by unprofited of? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.a1616 |
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