单词 | unliable |
释义 | unliableadj. That is not liable (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > able or liable to be affected > not superior1566 unsubject1583 unliable1590 insusceptible1603 uncapable1611 unexposeda1691 impassive1715 unsusceptible1734 insusceptive1752 waterproof1797 unsubjectable1829 immune1861 1590 Remonstrance vi. 109 Some Bishops..thinke simple and harmelesse men to be vnliable for the ministerie. 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity Pref. 1 (margin) This Idea..is..unliable to any uncivil construction. 1679 T. Puller Moderation Church of Eng. v. 88 No where judging of them as unliable to error. 1710 J. Norris Treat. Christian Prudence vii. 297 Things that..are not so unliable to Disorder and abuse. a1750 A. Hill Daraxes i. i. in Dramatic Wks. (1760) II. 193 Safe, and unliable to wrongs, or snares, No pains of life can overtake thee, here. 1835 Times 24 Feb. 6/6 My name's George, not Henry, and I submits I am unliable. 1879 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Daily Sentinel 2 Oct. 9/3 They are not unliable to report blunders as facts. 1908 A. Bennett Old Wives' Tale (1909) i. i. 15 The paragon of commonsense, pictured by most people as being somehow unliable to human frailties. 1924 Amer. Hist. Rev. 29 602 Contemporary scientific honors are not unliable to be stimulated by political opportunism. 2012 Greeley (Colorado) Tribune (Nexis) 12 May Corporations should not be unliable. If in 20 years they find out it [sc. fracking] causes cancer, they should go to jail. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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