unrecollectedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˌrɛkəˈlɛktᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˌrɛkəˈlɛktəd/ 1. Not recalled to memory.The usual sense.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] > forgotten
out of memorya1275
of minda1325
out of mindc1325
forlainc1330
unrememberedc1425
oblivious1535
forgotten1600
unretained1666
unrecollected1733
unrecalled1742
buried1806
evanished1829
unmemoried1829
unrevived1877
spark out1882
1733 I. Watts Philos. Ess. v. iii. 127 Our unrecollected and useless Dreams.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. I. ii. iii. 276 Unrecollected, when occasion comes for recollecting it, it will be tantamount to silence.
1912 Chicago Med. Recorder Apr. 209 She..spent the rest of her years writing recollections which added nothing to her reputation and might better have been left unrecollected.
2002 N.Y. Post (Nexis) 18 June 11 You could end up paying child support for the fruit of that unrecollected night of passion.
2. Of a person, the soul, etc.: not composed, focused, and self-controlled, esp. through a lack of proper contemplation or meditation.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > contemplation or meditation > [adjective] > not
unrecollected1838
1838 in A. Serle Horæ Solitariæ (new ed.) 58 (note) Without this, however, a man can be at the most but a poor, dissipated, unconnected, and unrecollected professor.
1850 J. H. Newman Lect. Diffic. Anglicans 235 Such a soul, so selfish, so unrecollected.
1912 Catholic World June 336 The mind of an unrecollected man is like an unfenced orchard, whose fruits are not for the owner but for all passers-by.
1999 A. J. DiSalvo Spiritual Lit. of Recoll. in Spain (1500–1620) iv. 151 Teresa..refers to the fact that the unrecollected soul's powers are dispersed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
<
adj.1733