unhandledadj.
1. Of horses, etc.: Not broken in; untamed.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > not broken in or trained
uncorsayeda1400
undaunted1422
unbroken1538
rough1542
unhandled1558
unbacked1593
unmade1632
unbrokea1716
breachy1780
outlawed1893
1558 in J. W. Clay North Country Wills (1912) II. 12 My yong blacke hambling gelding unhandlyd.
1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice v. i. 72 A wild and wanton heard or race of youthfull and vnhandled colts. View more context for this quotation
1639 T. de Gray Compl. Horseman ii. xviii. 302 Horses unhandled, to wit, in their youth.
1812 Sporting Mag. 39 68 Every description of horse, or mule, whether previously broke or unhandled.
1902 R. Kipling Islanders 21 Sons of the sheltered city—unmade, unhandled, unmeet—Ye pushed them raw to the battle.
2.
a. Not dealt with or treated of.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out > not dealt with
uncoped1594
undispatched1614
unhandled1623
undealt1645
1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iii. ii. 58 Cardinall Campeius..Ha's left the cause o' th' King vnhandled . View more context for this quotation
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. ii, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. L4 The extraction of oyles is yet unhandled.
b. Untried, unemployed.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective]
unused1398
uncorea1400
unoccupied?a1439
unspendedc1440
unspent1466
undispendeda1483
untouched1538
unexpended1571
spared1580
fallow1588
unemployed1600
untasted1609
unenjoyed1643
unhandled1826
unutilized1868
inutilized1874
1826 J. Galt Last of Lairds xi. 103 There's no a claw..the whilk Caption will leave unhandled.
3. Not touched with the hand. Also figurative.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > newness or novelty > [adjective] > fresh or new
newa1300
moistc1390
undiffadedc1430
green1585
youthful1594
virent1595
virgin1600
unhandleda1657
virginala1659
original1756
untrite1781
unclichéd1946
the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > touching with the hand > [adjective] > not touched with the hand
unhandled1745
unfingered1811
a1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 218 Those [delights] that..after an advantagious intermission return fresh and unhandled to the senses.
1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator No. 17 (1748) III. 258 The plumb unhandled lost its bloom.
1794 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 59 I, too, possessed the tender irritableness of unhandled sensibility.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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