单词 | unnotable |
释义 | unnotableadj.n. A. adj. Not notable; not deserving of (particular) notice, unremarkable.In quot. c1454: †(of animals) lower (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > not worthy of notice or consideration lessOE smallc1405 unnotablec1454 regardless1557 mentionless1611 unregardable1614 unremarkable1625 inconsiderable1637 of no mentiona1640 unconsiderable1643 unobservable1658 unnoticeable1760 inconsequent1768 unappreciable1801 mousy1812 unnoteworthy1846 nebbishy1973 c1454 R. Pecock Folewer to Donet 22 God..wolde ordeyne to alle parfite and notable beestis and to men þe v seid outward wittis, not withstondyng þat of vnparfite and vnnotable beestis. 1528 T. Paynell tr. Arnaldus de Villa Nova in Joannes de Mediolano Regimen Sanitatis Salerni sig. O ij b Fyshe..bred in shalowe & vnnotable waters. 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Innotabile, vnnoteable, not to be noted. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. v. 51/1 Nay, who knows..but Blumine herself might have aforetime noted the so unnotable. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. iv. vi. 238 Unnotable hum of sweet human gossip rises from this Village. 1922 F. H. Burnett Robin xxiv. 59 The remote and—as far as record dwelt on him—obviously unnotable ancestor who had built it as a stronghold. 2008 E. Falk Women for President i. 17 To describe an individual woman as aspiring to the vice presidency and not the presidency is unnotable. B. n. A person who or thing which is not notable; (with the and plural agreement) people who are not notable as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > one who is unimportant > of no note or ordinary nothinga1616 nondescript1776 obscurity1822 unnotable1860 1860 H. S. Cunningham Wheat & Tares xx, in Fraser's Mag. July 28/1 If you get anybody else better worth having to dinner, I'll come in my sedan..along with the other unnotables. 1881 Pall Mall Gaz. 6 July 19/2 Not because his position would be more brilliant coming out of the flat background of the unnoted and unnotable. 1965 Gastonia (N. Carolina) Gaz. 22 May 4/7 This article..went on to drool over pinto beans dressed up alongside of such unnotables as cheese, bacon and salad makings. 1995 Amer. Anthropologist 97 110 Clips from such notable films as Chang (1929), Simba (1928), and Africa Speaks (1930), and a few unnotables: The Gorilla Woman (c. 1930) [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.c1454 |
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