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单词 unlaboured
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unlabouredunlaboredadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈleɪbəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈleɪbərd/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and laboured adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, labour v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + labour v. + -ed suffix1. Compare slightly earlier well-laboured adj. and slightly later laboured adj.
1. Free from labour or toil; not engaging in work; not required to make any effort or exertion. Obsolete.
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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed
servicelessc1450
unlabouredc1450
masterless1471
unwrought1550
unplaced1558
labourless1576
flag-fallen1609
unlabouring1619
disemployed1651
hireless1651
unengaged1654
unemployed1667
unworking1696
untoiling1748
workless1758
occupationless1822
placeless1828
out of work1833
non-working1841
unhired1852
jobless1862
out of (or in) collar1862
non-employed1876
spare1919
on the beach1923
in dry dock1927
off-the-job1950
on (also upon) the street(s)1980
unwaged1981
society > education > learning > [adjective] > acquired by learning > not
unlabouredc1450
unlearneda1533
unlearnt1644
c1450 Contin. Lydgate's Secrees (Sloane 2464) l. 1516 These Sevene Sustryn..The nyne musys blame shal in maneere, That they vnlabouryd stant on my partye.
a1460 Knyghthode & Bataile (Pembr. Cambr. 243) l. 2106 The frounte alonge is sure, Vnlabored with fight, or otherwise.
1549 T. Broke tr. J. Calvin Of Life Christen Man sig. F.iii Horsses, but halfe broken, which, if a fewe daies they stand vp pampered in the stable, vnlaboured, afterwardes for wyldnes and fersnes, can not be tamed.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Descr. Germanie ii, in Annales 261 Horses; which are..maintained in those woods.., white, vnbacked, or vnlaboured.
1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique v. xxi. 717 The bread that is made of the flower of the meale, being the purest and finest part thereof, is good for idle and vnlaboured persons: such as are students, Monkes, Chanons and other fine and daintie persons.
1612 W. Martyn Youths Instr. 59 An oxe vnlabored is most vnfitting for the plough.
1765 J. Beattie Judgment of Paris 33 The bower of bliss..be thine, Unlabour'd ease, and leisure's careless dream.
2. Not subject to labour; unworked, unused; esp. (of land, soil, etc.) uncultivated, untended. Cf. laboured adj. 1. Obsolete.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective]
westeeOE
wildc893
wastyc1230
wastec1290
untilled1297
void1398
wilsomea1400
desolate1413
wastablea1450
unlaboured1474
untilthed1495
spare1508
unmanured1541
unculted1548
uncultured1555
Hyrcan1567
untoiled1578
manureless1595
griggy1597
Wealdish1598
Hyrcanian1600
unwrought1600
wealy1601
uncultived1605
incult1624
unmanaged1634
incultivateda1657
uncultivate1659
uncultivated1684
unreclaimed1753
wildered1810
irreclaimed1814
natural1827
feral1882
1474 in C. Rogers Rental Bk. Cupar-Angus (1879) I. 201 Gif thar be ony..that levis ony his land..onlaboryt.
a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxix. f. cxl He destroyed the Lande..insuche wyse that .ix. yeres after or there aboute the Lande laye vnlabored, and vntylled.
1572 H. Hawkes in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations (1589) 549 On the other side, the Kings officers will giue no licence to make Ordinance thereof: whereupon the Mynes lie vnlaboured, and of no valuation.
1595 N. Bownd Doctr. Sabbath 89 That which groweth of it owne accord of thy haruest, thou shalt not reape, neither gather the grapes that thou hast left vnlaboured.
1602 T. Lodge tr. Josephus Wks. iv. 92 Let..the inhabitants thereof, buy a Heifer which they shall bring into a place vnlaboured and vnplanted.
1684 T. Burnet Theory of Earth ii. 243 Seeing it..had a soil so fruitful, a new unlabour'd soil.
1708 J. Philips Cyder i. 115 Let thy Ground Not lye unlabour'd.
a1776 Life (1778) 52/2 The idea of their never allowing their lands to lie one season unlaboured.
1804 European Mag. 45 60/2 Gallia mourns..Unpeopled cities, and unlabour'd plains.
1857 N.Y. Times 2 Sept. 4/5 This lake and forest region lies like an island, uninhabited and unlabored.
1909 S. MacCathmhaoil Mountainy Singer 31 The silence of unlaboured fields Lies like a judgment on the air.
3. Not obtained or brought about by labour or effort; attained or accomplished in an easy or natural manner, effortless. In early use also: †natural, innate (obsolete).
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly > not produced or accomplished by effort
unlaboured1565
unstrained1582
unforceda1616
1565 J. Hall tr. Lanfranc Most Excellent Woorke Chirurg. Table 143 Galen sayeth it [sc. Ginger] heateth but not at the first as pepper, & therfore is to be estemed of subtiller partes: and semeth to retayne in it selfe a certeyne grosse and vnlaboured humiditie, lyke Piperi longo.
1601 W. Cornwallis Disc. Seneca sig. C7v When goodnes was vnlaboured excellencie.
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) iii. ii. 110 The motion of the Heauens is the most sincere and vnlaboured of all motions.
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals iv, in tr. Virgil Wks. 18 Unlabour'd Harvests shall the Fields adorn.
1721 Let. to Henry Maxwell 18 I have taken the Liberty to trouble you, with this unlabour'd Epistle, the Errors of its Oratory I hope will be easily overlook'd or pardon'd.
1797 Monthly Mag. 3 538 Of the translation itself we shall only observe, that it is natural and unlaboured.
1853 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice II. viii. 369 Their perfect, pure, unlaboured naturalism.
1882 Homiletic Monthly July 599 Such inspirational and unlabored success was built on a firm basis of general study.
1922 Current Opinion Jan. 129/1 (advt.) The small-bore, long-stroke Earl motor..gives you smooth, unlabored progress in traffic.
1955 N.Y. Times 11 Sept. (Bk. Review) 28/2 In the unlabored, forthright way in which she strokes a tennis ball, Doris tells how she overcame her handicap and attained world prominence.
2004 Field Sept. 34 (advt.) Whilst keeping my work realistic and quite photographic, I try to keep a certain freshness and unlaboured feel to each image with easy flowing and minimal brush work.
4. Of a person: not approached or petitioned; uninfluenced. Obsolete. rare. Cf. labour v. 5c.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > independence > [adjective] > not influenced by others > left uninfluenced
unlaboured1644
1644 in W. Laud Hist. Troubles (1695) xxvii. 278 If..the Judge at Chester (altogether unknown to me, and unlaboured by me,) did say (as Mr. Aston says he did) That for higher Powers above he durst not; he was the more unworthy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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