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单词 unpushed
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unpushedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpʊʃt/, U.S. /ˌənˈpʊʃt/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, pushed adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + pushed adj.
Not pushed.
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a1750 A. Hill Wks. (1753) IV. 43 Unpush'd by pride, climb slow care's due degrees, Humbly aspiring.
1782 W. B. Stevens Poems 8 From whose mien, uncheck'd By sense, by Humour's festive hand unpush'd, Leaps the loud laugh!
1845 Farmer's Mag. July 46/1 I have always observed, that those workers who use the hand often in singling, leave much of their drills unpushed and undrawn.
1895 Westm. Gaz. 15 June 3/2 The greatest of devils must be in that carriage [sc. a cable tram], making it crawl along unpulled, unpushed.
1901 Country Gentleman 5 Sept. 729/1 Clingstone opened a great gap in the turn, but finding himself unpushed, was taken in hand on the stretch and finished at half speed.
1999 Star-Ledger (Newark, New Jersey) 13 Dec. 17/2 Hardly a hot button goes unpushed as he advocates subsidized loans to create a ‘silicon alley’ in this city.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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