unrecommendedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˌrɛkəˈmɛndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˌrɛkəˈmɛndəd/ Not recommended; without recommendation.
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the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > dispraise or discommendation > [adjective] > dispraised > not praised
unpraiseda1393
unrecommendedc1550
praiseless1558
uncommended1570
unflattered1634
c1550 J. Cheke Let. in Athenæum 28 Aug. (1909) 237/2 I would rather that you would of yourself, unproved and unrecommended, do..well.
1681 Eng. Bought & Sold 11 He might have left it unwrit, unprinted, unpublished, and unrecommended by his Letter.
1704 Moderation Display'd v A Notion undefin'd in Vertues Schools, Unrecommended by her sacred Rules.
1789 A. Young Jrnl. 20 Sept. in Trav. France (1792) i. 190 Unknown and unrecommended at Nice, I expected nothing but what could be shot flying in any town.
1880 Cases Supreme Court Texas 51 96 To have decree declaring the said transfer of unrecommended certificate invalid, and removing such cloud so cast on their title.
1943 A. Rand Fountainhead i. viii. 102 Here's a young man who came to me totally unrecommended, a beginner who had never worked before.
2013 Tanzania Daily News (Nexis) 6 Jan. [The Kagera Regional Commissioner] has reminded the fishermen and the general public to avoid using explosives like dynamite and other unrecommended fishing methods.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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