unmusteredadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmʌstəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈməstərd/ Not mustered; not formally enrolled into military service.
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the mind > attention and judgement > lack of beauty > [adjective] > unkempt
unkempt1567
unmustered?1574
ungroomed1864
bummy1890
warby1941
schlubby1968
?1574 tr. Certayne Newes 8 For that as yet they are vnmustered, we can adde no certaine number.
a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. H4 Therefore, though Cato misliked his vnmustered person, hee misliked not his worke.
1629 in P. H. Brown Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1901) 2nd Ser. III. 51 For everie man enlaiking, leveyed, unmustered and transported of the nomber of threttie sax men.
1846 Colburn's United Service Mag. Mar. 420 An army, reduced by the evacuation of Syria and Hedjaz, from 127,000 to 80,000, inclusive of irregulars and unmustered Bedouins.
1948 N.Z. Jrnl. Sci. & Technol. 30 292 Re-infestation from ‘stragglers’ or unmustered sheep cannot take place.
2003 York (Pa.) Sunday News 22 June They were simply referred to as ‘a company of blacks’. ‘Because they're unmustered’, Schaefer said, ‘we have no idea who these men are’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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