unfinancialadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnfʌɪˈnanʃl/,

/ˌʌnfᵻˈnanʃl/, U.S.

/ˌənˌfaɪˈnæn(t)ʃ(ə)l/,

/ˌənfəˈnæn(t)ʃ(ə)l/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, financial adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + financial adj.

1. Showing or characterized by a lack of skill or aptitude in financial matters. Later also more generally: not characteristic or typical of the world of finance; having nothing to do with finance.

ΚΠ

1779 Public Advertiser 27 Feb. Mr. Burke..exposed the Nonsense of this unfinancial Stuff.

1791 World 25 Jan. He has raised the three per cents to the alarming height of Eighty-one!!! Of this unfinancial scheme, he that runs can judge.

1833 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 30 Apr. Can it be unstatesmanlike, and unfinancial for the government to do the like?

1873 Mrs. H. Wood Master of Greylands I. i. 4 Enough to give an unfinancial man the nightmare.

1956 Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald 8 Apr. (comic strip) Mother, I don't see how Father's business does so well, he seems to have an unfinancial mind!

2010 M. Lewis Big Short v. 125 Cornwall Capital's own little space..was charmingly unfinancial—a dark room in the back with red brick walls that opened onto a small, junglelike garden.

a. Of a member of a club or society: that has not paid the subscription fee or other dues associated with membership; that is in arrears. Now chiefly Australian, New Zealand, Caribbean, and Nigerian English.

ΚΠ

1838 Leeds Mercury 14 July 1/5 Spalton became unfinancial in his lodge.

1858 Blackburn Standard 16 June The plaintiff was an ‘unfinancial’ member at the time he was sick.

1919 Magistrates' Court Rep. (N.Z.) 14 152/1 The Union officials..procured plaintiff's dismissal by several employers by a statement that he was unfinancial.

1955 Math. Gaz. 39 p. ii Twenty-three unfinancial members remain on the books.

1979 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 Aug. 25/4 Submissions..must have been published or broadcast by a member of the Association who is not unfinancial.

2007 Redcliffe & Bayside Herald (Queensland) (Nexis) 30 May 29 If a member becomes unfinancial they are..not allowed to rejoin.

b. Originally and chiefly Australian. Insolvent.

ΚΠ

1881 Gippsland (Victoria) Times 12 Feb. Asking if the candidate could suggest any means of bringing the colony out of its present unfinancial position.

1935 N. Hunt House of David 129 The continuance of the ‘bad’ year..had from the first been compelling the ‘weak’—unfinancial—men to send their stock regardless of condition or prices to the markets to ‘lighten off’.

1958 N.Y. Amsterdam News 17 May 23/7 A loan program set up for worthy but unfinancial young people.

2017 Whitsunday Coast (Queensland) Guardian (Nexis) 28 June 8 Adani Power management have said the coal fired plant is unfinancial.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	unfinancial
释义	unfinancialadj. Brit. /ˌʌnfʌɪˈnanʃl/, /ˌʌnfᵻˈnanʃl/, U.S. /ˌənˌfaɪˈnæn(t)ʃ(ə)l/, /ˌənfəˈnæn(t)ʃ(ə)l/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, financial adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + financial adj. 1. Showing or characterized by a lack of skill or aptitude in financial matters. Later also more generally: not characteristic or typical of the world of finance; having nothing to do with finance. ΚΠ 1779 Public Advertiser 27 Feb. Mr. Burke..exposed the Nonsense of this unfinancial Stuff. 1791 World 25 Jan. He has raised the three per cents to the alarming height of Eighty-one!!! Of this unfinancial scheme, he that runs can judge. 1833 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 30 Apr. Can it be unstatesmanlike, and unfinancial for the government to do the like? 1873 Mrs. H. Wood Master of Greylands I. i. 4 Enough to give an unfinancial man the nightmare. 1956 Waco (Texas) Tribune-Herald 8 Apr. (comic strip) Mother, I don't see how Father's business does so well, he seems to have an unfinancial mind! 2010 M. Lewis Big Short v. 125 Cornwall Capital's own little space..was charmingly unfinancial—a dark room in the back with red brick walls that opened onto a small, junglelike garden. 2. a. Of a member of a club or society: that has not paid the subscription fee or other dues associated with membership; that is in arrears. Now chiefly Australian, New Zealand, Caribbean, and Nigerian English. ΚΠ 1838 Leeds Mercury 14 July 1/5 Spalton became unfinancial in his lodge. 1858 Blackburn Standard 16 June The plaintiff was an ‘unfinancial’ member at the time he was sick. 1919 Magistrates' Court Rep. (N.Z.) 14 152/1 The Union officials..procured plaintiff's dismissal by several employers by a statement that he was unfinancial. 1955 Math. Gaz. 39 p. ii Twenty-three unfinancial members remain on the books. 1979 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 26 Aug. 25/4 Submissions..must have been published or broadcast by a member of the Association who is not unfinancial. 2007 Redcliffe & Bayside Herald (Queensland) (Nexis) 30 May 29 If a member becomes unfinancial they are..not allowed to rejoin. b. Originally and chiefly Australian. Insolvent. ΚΠ 1881 Gippsland (Victoria) Times 12 Feb. Asking if the candidate could suggest any means of bringing the colony out of its present unfinancial position. 1935 N. Hunt House of David 129 The continuance of the ‘bad’ year..had from the first been compelling the ‘weak’—unfinancial—men to send their stock regardless of condition or prices to the markets to ‘lighten off’. 1958 N.Y. Amsterdam News 17 May 23/7 A loan program set up for worthy but unfinancial young people. 2017 Whitsunday Coast (Queensland) Guardian (Nexis) 28 June 8 Adani Power management have said the coal fired plant is unfinancial. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.1779
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