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单词 unmaintained
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unmaintainedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnmeɪnˈteɪnd/, /(ˌ)ʌnmənˈteɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənmeɪnˈteɪnd/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and maintain v. and -ed suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, maintain v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + maintain v. + -ed suffix1. Compare slightly later maintained adj.
Not maintained; characterized by a lack of maintenance; (now) esp. not kept in good repair.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adjective] > maintained or retained by subsidies > not
unmaintained1533
unsubsidized1756
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not practised or used
unhaunted1533
disaccustomeda1586
discustomed1605
uncultivated1685
unmaintained1885
1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance i. viii. f. liiv And thus you se playnely good reders, y[a]t this maner of mayntenyng of his formar wordes, is a clene going from them, and a leuyng of them vnmayntened.
1624 A. Leighton Speculum Belli Sacri xlv. 275 Wee provoke him [sc. God] by our sinnes to forsake his owne inheritance, and to leaue his owne cause..unmaintained.
1691 R. Baxter Of National Churches xv. 72 A Life of unmaintained poverty, and censure.
1831 Asiatic Jrnl. & Monthly Reg. 5 i. 198 Unmaintained bramins are in trade, serving in the army, and gradually learning that even to them beggary is no livelihood.
1885 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 July 6/1 Hence we have crime unnoticed, discipline unmaintained.
1916 Amer. Econ. Rev. 6 196 The psychic principle of prestige prices is found in both competitive and monopoly prices, in maintained and unmaintained prices.
1981 Coal Week Internat. (Nexis) 30 Sept. (Internat. Market Watch) 3 Production from the three remaining Utah mines is falling off because of unmaintained equipment.
2011 D. Kirk & G. Ward Ultimate Fly-fishing Guide to Great Smoky Mountains xvii. 151 The Ekaneetlee Manway is an unmaintained trail that should only be used by experienced hikers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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