unluxuriantadj.
/ˌʌnlʌɡˈʒʊərɪənt/, /ˌʌnləɡˈʒʊərɪənt/, /ˌʌnlʌɡˈzjʊərɪənt/, /ˌʌnləɡˈzjʊərɪənt/, /ˌʌnlʌkˈsjʊərɪənt/, /ˌʌnləkˈsjʊərɪənt/, U.S. /ˌənləɡˈʒʊriənt/, /ˌənləkˈʃʊriənt/ Not luxuriant (in various senses).
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the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > sufficient or not excessive
unsuperfluous1571
unluxuriant1723
1723 Historical Reg. VIII. Chronol. Diary 43 A fruitful, yet unluxuriant and agreeable Imagination.
1795 A. H. Haworth Observ. Genus Mesembryanthemum 275 Terminating the little short lateral branches of unluxuriant plants.
a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) viii. 274 The unluxuriant produce of a life Intent on little but substantial needs.
1865 Dublin Rev. Apr. 307 He prefers a certain simple and unluxuriant structure in the plan of his poems.
1926 W. Frank Virgin Spain i. iv. 94 Unluxuriant, unvaried, it [sc. a dress] has the bloom of wholeness.
1988 K. Amis Diffic. with Girls iii. 26 A strip of unluxuriant greenery on which the tenants could theoretically take the air.
2013 L. Herrin Fractures iv. 41 He had grown a beard, an unluxuriant, patchy black, which hid his weak chin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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