单词 | unprovidential |
释义 | unprovidentialadj. Not providential. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > [adjective] > brought about by free will unset1547 voluntary1548 self-set1593 self-imposed1657 unprovidential1693 self-induced1796 undestined1827 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > incautiousness > [adjective] > imprudent undiscreetc1340 unadviseda1382 unprudenta1382 imprudentc1386 unredya1387 loose1390 misadvisedc1390 unavisyc1420 unvertyc1485 liberala1500 unprovident1565 unconsultinga1586 ill-adviseda1593 unforeseeing1602 injudicial1607 unvised1609 improvidenta1616 indiscreeta1616 disadvised?a1648 unprudential1650 injudicious1710 unadvising1719 unprovidential1837 1693 J. Beaumont Consider. Burnet's Theory Earth ii. iii. 79 When a Man considers the present Posture of the Earth to the Sun,..can this be lookt upon as a forc'd, unnatural, Contingent, or unprovidential Situation of it. 1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things II. vi. Comm. p. x Lucretius, reasoning from the unprovidential casualities of thunder, denies that it springs from the hand of Jupiter. 1837 E. Bulwer-Lytton Athens I. 21 [He] reclaimed his barbarous subjects from a wandering and unprovidential life. 1910 G. A. Jamieson In Shadow of God iv. vi. 183 A very unprovidential thing that a feller should lose his senses jest at the time when he needs 'em most. 2000 A. J. Mayer Furies (2002) 3 Four of the world's 6 billion people dwell in these unprovidential lands. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1693 |
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