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单词 unformidable
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unformidableadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈformidable.
(un- prefix1 1b.)
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adjective]
wonderless1601
unformidable1667
unsurprising1671
unstartling1729
unmarvellous1790
matter of course1827
unsensational1854
underwhelming1970
1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety xi. 295 A guilt which nothing but our too familiar acquaintance with it could make unformidable.
1846 M'Gee Gallery Irish Writers 163 It was no unformidable degree of success which could call Clarendon against him.
1898 J. E. C. Bodley France II. iii. v. 235 When a minister thus retains his portfolio, it is because he is unformidable.
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