unreadadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈrɛd/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and read v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, English read , read v.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + read, past participle of read v. Compare later read adj.

1. Of written material: not read; unperused. Also (of an author): whose work is not read.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > [adjective] > read (of book) > not

unreadc1485

unperused1553

unthumbed1797

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 60 [He] held the lettre jn his hand vnred.

a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. ii. sig. D.iij^v Ye a woman? and your letter so long vnredde.

1618 T. Everard tr. L. Pinelli Mirrour Relig. Perfection iv. 437 O how wisely did some seruants of myne, who hauing receiued letters of their friends from far countryes, for the conseruing of their quiet and peace of mind, threw them vnread into the fire.

1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 95 Her gray-hair'd Synods damning books unread.

1841 New Monthly Mag. July 392 An unread author dilating in a new preface on the popularity of his productions.

1917 Life 22 Mar. 467/3 The greater part of our newspapers, if left unread for a while, will not need reading at all, because the guesses of the day after so frequently nullify the guesses of the day before.

1945 L. P. Stebbins & R. P. Stebbins Trollopes x. 143 Such writing, he began to realize, would leave him a poor man and an unread author.

2002 Independent 25 Mar. (Going Independent Suppl.) 11/2 I can't download emails with attachments over 1Mb, so the whole system gets constipated and I have to delete these unread emails.

a. Of a person: not knowledgeable in a matter or subject.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > not trained

untrained1548

untaught1581

unread1596

unprincipled1637

unbred1681

jack-legged1839

1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. lii. 236 Nor doth our Church admit..of..such as be vnreade In that sweete Promise.

1685 tr. G. Leti Amours Duke of Mantua & Countess of Rovera 8 The Princess lookt upon him as a Man very unread in what belong'd to the Government of a Prince.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 185 Not being wholly unread in the authors.

1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming I. viii. 137 Algernon was unread in the hearts of women.

1957 D. Grant Margaret First x. 197 She herself made a virtue of being unread in natural philosophy.

1996 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 2 June 22/2 Mr. Johnson seems equally unread in contemporary theology, even of the most conservative kind.

b. Of a person: not instructed or informed by reading; not well-read. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): people who are not well-read as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]

unlearedeOE

untowenc1000

unwittyc1000

skillessc1175

uncouthc1220

lewda1225

lorelessa1300

simplea1325

layc1330

uncunning1340

untaughtc1340

unknowingc1350

rudea1382

roida1400

unquainta1400

ignorant?c1400

unlearnedc1400

misknowing?a1425

simple-hearted?c1425

unknownc1475

unkenningc1480

unweeting1483

nescienta1500

craftlessc1530

misliterate1532

sillya1547

ingram1553

gross1561

inscient1578

borowe1579

plain-headeda1586

empirical1588

rudeful1589

lack-learning1590

learnless?1593

wotless?1594

ingrant1597

untutored1597

small-knowing1598

uninstructed1598

unlearnt1609

unread1609

unware?1611

nescious1623

inscious1633

inscientifical1660

uninformed1702

unaware1704

unable1721

unsuspecting1776

inerudite1801

ill-informed1824

incognoscent1827

unminded1831

unknowledgeable1837

knowledgelessc1843

parviscient1862

clueless1943

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 23 The wise and foole, the Artist and vnread,..Seeme all affyn'd and kin.

1628 J. Russell Spy discovering Arminian Heresie sig. C3^v Thus he (Though an vnread Barbarian) after came, By this connivence, to attaine such fame For false supposed truth.

1742 London Mag. Sept. 454/2 To unread squires illiterately gay; Among the learn'd, as learned full as they.

1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 237 Unread,..Fool'd, pillag'd, dunn'd, he wastes his term away.

1865 St. James's Mag. Oct. 354 The Great Unread.

1923 Scotsman 17 Sept. 2/2 The Rev. A. Forder has sent out a new volume, which has a three-fold claim on the attention of both the learned and the unread.

1980 J. Lees-Milne Diary 7 June in Deep Romantic Chasm (2003) 92 She has no education, is unread, uninterested in the arts, and is only interested in giggly tittle-tattle.

2006 J. B. Fulton Reverend Mark Twain vi. 141 It is impossible to view Twain as an unread, uneducated, literary idiot savant.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

unreadv.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnˈriːd/, U.S.

/ˌənˈrid/

Forms: see un- prefix² and read v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², read v.

Etymology: < un- prefix² + read v.

transitive. To reverse a previous act of reading (something).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > undo the reading of

unread1533

1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. cxlix Can I bothe gather vppe all hys bokes and go hyde theym, and also make them y^t haue redde them go vnreade them agayne, or forgete what they haue redde.

1797 Monthly Rev. 23 511 Can his countrymen unread Freret, Boulanger, and Voltaire, or unlearn the sophisms which they have impressed?

1837 Lancet 10 June 413/1 His Lordship..made a very full and ample apology, but the concession could not unread the Bill. It had passed through two of its stages, and now stands for a Committee.

1981 P. C. W. Davies in R. Healey Reduction, Time, & Reality 76 This process is, of course, irreversible (we cannot ‘unread’ the result) but the asymmetry is of a familiar classical kind to do with the accumulation of information.

2006 Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 Mar. (Culture section) 43 Unwriting a book is one thing. Unreading it is something else.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unread
释义	unreadadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛd/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛd/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and read v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, English read , read v. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + read, past participle of read v. Compare later read adj. 1. Of written material: not read; unperused. Also (of an author): whose work is not read. ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [adjective] > read (of book) > not unreadc1485 unperused1553 unthumbed1797 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 60 [He] held the lettre jn his hand vnred. a1556 N. Udall Ralph Roister Doister (?1566) iii. ii. sig. D.iij^v Ye a woman? and your letter so long vnredde. 1618 T. Everard tr. L. Pinelli Mirrour Relig. Perfection iv. 437 O how wisely did some seruants of myne, who hauing receiued letters of their friends from far countryes, for the conseruing of their quiet and peace of mind, threw them vnread into the fire. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad iii. 95 Her gray-hair'd Synods damning books unread. 1841 New Monthly Mag. July 392 An unread author dilating in a new preface on the popularity of his productions. 1917 Life 22 Mar. 467/3 The greater part of our newspapers, if left unread for a while, will not need reading at all, because the guesses of the day after so frequently nullify the guesses of the day before. 1945 L. P. Stebbins & R. P. Stebbins Trollopes x. 143 Such writing, he began to realize, would leave him a poor man and an unread author. 2002 Independent 25 Mar. (Going Independent Suppl.) 11/2 I can't download emails with attachments over 1Mb, so the whole system gets constipated and I have to delete these unread emails. 2. a. Of a person: not knowledgeable in a matter or subject. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > not trained untrained1548 untaught1581 unread1596 unprincipled1637 unbred1681 jack-legged1839 1596 W. Warner Albions Eng. (rev. ed.) ix. lii. 236 Nor doth our Church admit..of..such as be vnreade In that sweete Promise. 1685 tr. G. Leti Amours Duke of Mantua & Countess of Rovera 8 The Princess lookt upon him as a Man very unread in what belong'd to the Government of a Prince. 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 185 Not being wholly unread in the authors. View more context for this quotation 1865 G. Meredith Rhoda Fleming I. viii. 137 Algernon was unread in the hearts of women. 1957 D. Grant Margaret First x. 197 She herself made a virtue of being unread in natural philosophy. 1996 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 2 June 22/2 Mr. Johnson seems equally unread in contemporary theology, even of the most conservative kind. b. Of a person: not instructed or informed by reading; not well-read. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): people who are not well-read as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective] unlearedeOE untowenc1000 unwittyc1000 skillessc1175 uncouthc1220 lewda1225 lorelessa1300 simplea1325 layc1330 uncunning1340 untaughtc1340 unknowingc1350 rudea1382 roida1400 unquainta1400 ignorant?c1400 unlearnedc1400 misknowing?a1425 simple-hearted?c1425 unknownc1475 unkenningc1480 unweeting1483 nescienta1500 craftlessc1530 misliterate1532 sillya1547 ingram1553 gross1561 inscient1578 borowe1579 plain-headeda1586 empirical1588 rudeful1589 lack-learning1590 learnless?1593 wotless?1594 ingrant1597 untutored1597 small-knowing1598 uninstructed1598 unlearnt1609 unread1609 unware?1611 nescious1623 inscious1633 inscientifical1660 uninformed1702 unaware1704 unable1721 unsuspecting1776 inerudite1801 ill-informed1824 incognoscent1827 unminded1831 unknowledgeable1837 knowledgelessc1843 parviscient1862 clueless1943 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 23 The wise and foole, the Artist and vnread,..Seeme all affyn'd and kin. View more context for this quotation 1628 J. Russell Spy discovering Arminian Heresie sig. C3^v Thus he (Though an vnread Barbarian) after came, By this connivence, to attaine such fame For false supposed truth. 1742 London Mag. Sept. 454/2 To unread squires illiterately gay; Among the learn'd, as learned full as they. 1811 Ld. Byron Hints from Horace 237 Unread,..Fool'd, pillag'd, dunn'd, he wastes his term away. 1865 St. James's Mag. Oct. 354 The Great Unread. 1923 Scotsman 17 Sept. 2/2 The Rev. A. Forder has sent out a new volume, which has a three-fold claim on the attention of both the learned and the unread. 1980 J. Lees-Milne Diary 7 June in Deep Romantic Chasm (2003) 92 She has no education, is unread, uninterested in the arts, and is only interested in giggly tittle-tattle. 2006 J. B. Fulton Reverend Mark Twain vi. 141 It is impossible to view Twain as an unread, uneducated, literary idiot savant. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). unreadv. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈriːd/, U.S. /ˌənˈrid/ Forms: see un- prefix² and read v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix², read v. Etymology: < un- prefix² + read v. transitive. To reverse a previous act of reading (something). ΘΚΠ society > communication > reading > [verb (transitive)] > undo the reading of unread1533 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xx. f. cxlix Can I bothe gather vppe all hys bokes and go hyde theym, and also make them y^t haue redde them go vnreade them agayne, or forgete what they haue redde. 1797 Monthly Rev. 23 511 Can his countrymen unread Freret, Boulanger, and Voltaire, or unlearn the sophisms which they have impressed? 1837 Lancet 10 June 413/1 His Lordship..made a very full and ample apology, but the concession could not unread the Bill. It had passed through two of its stages, and now stands for a Committee. 1981 P. C. W. Davies in R. Healey Reduction, Time, & Reality 76 This process is, of course, irreversible (we cannot ‘unread’ the result) but the asymmetry is of a familiar classical kind to do with the accumulation of information. 2006 Sunday Times (Nexis) 12 Mar. (Culture section) 43 Unwriting a book is one thing. Unreading it is something else. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1485v.1533
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