单词 | unrecompensed |
释义 | unrecompensedadj. Not rewarded or compensated; not made amends for. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective] > unrewarded unforyoldenOE unacquit1390 unmeedya1400 unquita1400 guerdonless?c1400 unrewarded?a1425 unguerdoned1433 unrecompensed1469 rewardless1481 unrequited1556 unrepaid1592 requiteless1606 desertless1607 uncompensated1823 1469 W. Writtle in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 579 Yif ye any thyng doo..to þe pleasir of my lordes jt will neiþer be vnremembrid ne vnrecompensid. c1475 (?c1451) Bk. Noblesse (Royal) (1860) 49 (MED) Aswelle in honoure lost as in youre [read oure] lyvelode there unrecompensid, as in oure meveable goodes bereved. 1555 R. Eden tr. P. Giovio Libellus de legatione Basilii in tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde f. 280 He shall returne..not vnrecompensed with iust rewards. 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades i. 5 Thinkst thou it fit I leaue the maide, and emptie go my wayes Vnrecompenste. a1625 J. Fletcher Wild-goose Chase (1652) iv. iii. 47 Heaven will not see so true a love unrecompenc'd. c1626 A. Garden Theatre Sc. Worthies (1878) 132 The leaving of your land To..the past nought wnrecompenst. 1696 D. Manley Royal Mischief v. i. 42 O do not banish me from Earth unblest! Send not your true Adorer hence Unrecompens'd for all his constant Love. 1737 J. Breval Rape of Helen 38 We are the Darlings of the Rabble you know; we'll presently raise a Posse; run to the Palace; cry Whore first, and complain of hard Usage and Services unrecompens'd. a1763 W. Shenstone Ess. in Wks. (1777) II. 29 To retire at last unrecompensed..was beyond all power of resolution. 1811 C. Lamb in Reflector No. 4. 350 The display of married happiness..is throughout pure, unrecompensed, unqualified insult. 1842 W. Wordsworth Mem. Tour Italy ii, in Poems Early & Late Years 114 Yet not unrecompensed are they who learn [etc.]. 1937 S. Smith Good Time was had by All 42 I tell you frankly Sholto had much rather Travel in glue unrecompensed unwed Than go to church with oily Sue and afterwards to bed. 1998 P. R. House Old Test. Theol. ix. 247 The Lord has sent a famine because of Saul's unrecompensed mistreatment of the Gibeonites. 2004 S. Wales Echo (Nexis) 6 Apr. 25 The wealthy elite who can afford to go unrecompensed for their efforts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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