unrecruitedadj.
/ˌʌnrᵻˈkruːtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈkrudəd/ Not recruited (in various senses).
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mainc1450
weak1488
unserviceablea1599
new-raised?1609
unrecruited1649
regulated1650
strongish1652
steady1670
mastering1711
undisciplined1718
unbroken1720
reduced1817
sticky1898
mechanicalized1901
u/s1942
the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > not supplied > not provided with fresh supply
unreplenished1565
unrecruited1712
1649 J. Arnway Tablet Charles I (ed. 2) 33 To avoide the next storme which His unrecreuted Armie might not encounter.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Chesh. 187 Had the Royalists pursued this Single Enemy, (as yet unrecruited with additional strength,) they had finally worsted him.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation v. 227 By unrecruited waste..His glorious Stock long since had been consum'd.
1827 W. Scott Life Napoleon I. viii. 333 He spoke of unrecruited armies, ungarrisoned forts, unprovided commissariats.
1861 Macmillan's Mag. May 47 Lest the ranks of the ministry should be unrecruited by candidates from this first class of intelligence.
1915 Fortnightly Apr. 866 Many of them [sc. recruitment appeals] are apparently intended to create a feeling of shame in the minds of unrecruited young men.
2006 A. Robbins Overachievers xvii. 382 She was the only unrecruited freshman on the team, and..the slowest.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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