unredressedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈdrɛst/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈdrɛst/ Not redressed; not set right; uncorrected; unrecompensed.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > putting right a wrong or loss > put right > able to be > not
unredressed1398
irreparablea1420
unrighted1608
1398 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 38 And gif it hapnis as God forbede that ony..attemptatz bene vnrefourmyd or vnredressid in deffaut or negligence of the wardanis.
1460–88 in Facsimiles National MSS Scotl. (1870) II. 61 He and his peple remanys plantwis on him and Inglismen vnredressit.
1563 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 244 All attemptatis committit upoun the subjectis of Scotland and unredressit for.
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. viii. sig. H4 That vnto death had doen him vnredrest, Had not the noble Prince his readie stroke represt. View more context for this quotation
?1617 T. Campion 3rd & 4th Bk. Ayres iii. xvii. sig. Dv So may I dye vnredrest, Ere my long loue be possest.
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xxv. 76 Wearied with delayes, [he] returned back with his grievances unredressed.
1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 1 Feb. The King's Friends remain still unredress'd, and the King's Honour unrepair'd to this Day.
1806 Ann. Rev. 4 886 An important public paper..which makes many allegations of grievance, still true, and still unredressed.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) ix. 230 Wickedness unwarned and wrong unredressed.
1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxx. 448 Shall the Lord Proprietor learn that such crimes go unredressed in the inns of his province?
1993 C. T. Rowan Dream Makers, Dream Breakers xx. 365 I believe it would be a grave mistake to charge off the recent riots to unredressed Negro grievances alone.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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