unobtainedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnəbˈteɪnd/, U.S. /ˌənəbˈteɪnd/ Not obtained.
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the mind > possession > acquisition > not obtaining or acquiring > [adjective]
ungotc1400
unhad1421
unprocureda1535
ungotten1548
unobtained1593
ungained1609
unwon1818
1593 R. Hooker Of Lawes Eccl. Politie i. x. 77 As the will doth now worke vpon that obiect by desire, which is as it were a motion towards the end as yet vnobtained.
1618 W. Lithgow Pilgrimes Farewell sig. G Hopes vnobtaind, make but the hoper pine.
1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 32 Wisdom,..What is she, but the means of Happiness? That unobtain'd, than Folly more a Fool.
1755 J. Shebbeare Let. People of Eng. (ed. 2) 20 Yet this necessary Information, so easily procured, must be confessed to have been totally neglected, disregarded, or unobtained.
1846 Primitive Expounder 16 July 266/2 He continues the journey up the steep and lofty mountain of an unobtained height.
1876 E. Dickinson Lett. (1894) II. 324 With the ecstatic limit Of unobtained Delight.
1950 Motor Boating Jan. 319/1 A special flywheel design tends to stabilize single cylinder power impulses giving a heretofore unobtained smoothness of operation.
2009 Jrnl. Business Ethics 89 519/1 Reportings about problems, unobtained goals as well as successes, are essential for the development of credibility.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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