unmendedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɛndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɛndəd/ Not mended.
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unrepaired1398
left-handeda1425
unmended1574
unrestored1818
invalided1855
down at heel1856
rattle-bag1885
flea-bitten1917
?1552 Duncan Laideus' Test. in C. Innes Black Bk. Taymouth (1855) 166 Thir sevin yearis the queir will ly vnmendin.]
1574 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. St. Paule to Galathians xiii. f. 95v Like as a man that in-intendeth not too repayre his house, leaueth the holes vnmended within, and doth but dawb them ouer on the outside.
a1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Folio MS (1919) I. 430 Giff this mater onmendit [1586 Maitland Quarto MS vnmendit] be oursein The leges can na gryttar skayth sustein.
1680 R. Baxter Church-hist. Govt. Bishops 75 Ruffinus had mended some [errors], and left others unmended.
1763 St. James's Mag. Oct. 84 The tools of turnpikes, and unmended roads.
1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 62/2 Voyder,..a large basket for holding unmended linen.
1915 W. S. Maugham Of Human Bondage xlvi. 226 She wore every day the same ugly brown dress..with the raggedness..still unmended.
2003 Guardian (Nexis) 15 Jan. (G2 section) 13/2 An unmended broken window.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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