单词 | unpromoted |
释义 | unpromotedadj. That has not been promoted (in various senses of the verb). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > obscurity or ingloriousness > [adjective] > not preferred or promoted unpromoted1482 unpreferred1484 1482 W. Caxton in tr. Higden's Prolicionycion viii. iv. f. ccclxxxxiiijv Euery persone passynge fourten yere of age, he shold haue four pens, except poure beggers, And of euery man of hooly Chirche benefyced or promoted twelue pens, and vnpromoted foure pens. a1500 (c1450) in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 136 (MED) We have certein right good and notable clerks, of grete fame and vertueux disposicion, attending in our service, as yet by us unpromoted, and destitute of benefices. 1697 R. Blackmore King Arthur iii. 73 Ill blood encreases thro' the murm'ring State, And unpromoted Friendship turns to Hate. 1783 J. Andrews Remarks French & Eng. Ladies ii. 12 The unpromoted veterans of the army. 1862 Knickerbocker Apr. 360 Public sentiment, unaided by any one very brilliant mind, unpromoted either by fanatical zeal or by secret intrigue,..was the great interior cause of the regeneration of the English constitution. 1927 Science 27 May 527/2 The mixtures investigated included an unpromoted iron, an iron promoted with aluminum and potassium oxides, [etc.]. 2013 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 18 Feb. 14 It is not only unpromoted classroom teachers who feel the need to draw attention to senior phase issues. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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