单词 | unrobust |
释义 | unrobustadj. Not robust (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things) thin?c1225 wateryc1230 feeble1393 wash1548 waterish1549 fadea1554 limping1577 dilute1605 lank1607 languid1622 water gruel1630 invalid1635 sinewless1644 exsanguine1647 flaccid1647 diluted1681 wishy-washy1693 tiffany1694 foible1715 rickety1738 faintly1771 unrobust1775 pale1820 peely-wally1832 muscleless1841 weakling1848 weedy?1858 feeblose1882 papery1924 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Unrobust, not robust. 1823 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 26 Mar. The electric bolt, that splits the gnarl'd oak, Spares the soft yielding myrtle unrobust. 1891 H. Lynch G. Meredith 36 Deeming our taste questionable and unrobust. 1941 W. H. Auden New Year Let. iii. 69 Each biggie in the Canning Ring An unrobust lone Fisher-King. 2004 G. M. Hodgson Evol. Institutional Econ. iv. 94 If the nuts and bolts are not tightened sufficiently then the ‘loose play’ in the system could make it wobbly and unrobust. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1775 |
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