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单词 unprolific
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unprolificadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈlɪfɪk/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈlɪfɪk/, /ˌənˌproʊˈlɪfɪk/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and prolific adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, prolific adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + prolific adj.
1. Incapable of generating or producing offspring; infertile, barren; (later more generally) not producing many offspring. Also: tending to inhibit or prevent abundant production of crops, fruits, etc. Now rare.
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the world > life > biology > biological processes > procreation or reproduction > infertility > [adjective]
yelda1100
barrenc1200
geldc1225
untudderya1325
unfruitinga1400
infecundc1420
unfruitfula1425
fruitlessa1513
infertile1598
abortive1601
sterile1612
effete1621
deaf1633
improlifical1646
subventaneous1652
improlifica1661
unprolific1672
unfructifying1827
subfertile1846
agenesic1864
eggless1904
shy1905
radiosterilized1960
the world > the earth > structure of the earth > constituent materials > earth or soil > soil qualities > [adjective] > infertile
unbearingc825
geasonOE
unkindc1330
barren1377
unfructuousa1382
poora1387
leanc1420
exile?1440
salt1535
unfruitful?1542
sterile1572
dead1577
unlusty1580
queasy1593
heartless1594
unfertile1596
emacerated1610
sapless1655
unprolific1672
uncivil1676
ungrateful1681
worn1681
teemless1687
unproductive1725
poorish1767
ill-conditioned1796
scanty1797
rammelly1808
starve-acre1891
1672 T. Sherley Philos. Ess. iii. 26 The sperm of Man, if but for a moment it be exposed to the touch of the external Air, becomes dead, and unprolifick.
a1676 M. Hale Primitive Originat. Mankind (1677) ii. ix. 210 Inundation..drowns oftentimes many sorts of Insects, and renders their..Eggs unprolifick.
1724 J. Gay Captives Epil. [The dame] brings her unprolifick spouse a son.
1744 C. SMmith Antient & Present State County Down iii. 13 The Injudicious Use of this unctuous Earth may..render the Soil unprolifick.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 138 Th' icy touch Of unprolific winter.
1854 Poultry Chron. 1 62/2 Frequently a great part of the eggs are unprolific.
1901 Everybody's Mag. July 89/2 The acres of unprolific soil over which he held a lordly sway.
1948 Amer. Anthropologist 50 85 The members of this extended family were rather strikingly unprolific, so that she had very few even distant siblings.
2. Not characterized by or producing an abundance of something; esp. (of a creative artist) producing few works.
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1764 D. E. Baker Compan. to Play-house I. at Roman Father It may be rank'd amongst the best of the dramatic Pieces of this somewhat unprolifick Age.
1850 Christian Remembrancer Oct. 271 To their minds Plato is an unprolific writer, and Aristotle anything but voluminous.
1869 E. Dunkin Midnight Sky 60 An unprolific part of Draco below Polaris.
1900 Critic (N.Y.) July 88 One wonders..why the author, who is by no means unprolific, should clap covers on so microscopic a selection of his lyrics.
1972 T. Stoppard in Times 11 Nov. 11/4 I went through a very unprolific period after the summer of 1968 when I wrote Inspector Hound.
2002 M. Jakubowski in E. Gorman & M. H. Greenberg World’s Finest Myst. & Crime Stories III. 43 Such a pity that Frost creator R. D. Wingfield is so unprolific and takes half a decade at least between new books.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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