unpatronizedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpatrənʌɪzd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpeɪtrəˌnaɪzd/, /ˌənˈpætrəˌnaɪzd/ Originally: without a patron or supporter. Later also: lacking an audience or clientele.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > patronage > [adjective] > supported by patronage > not
unpatronized1620
patronless1647
unpatroned1658
1620 J. Beale in S. Hieron Wks. I. Ded. sig. ¶2 The author of this present volume..left not only some members of it vnpatroniz'd, but the whole frame without a generall sustainer.
1661 W. Rawley Bacon's Resuscitatio (ed. 2) Ded. sig. a j This unpatroniz'd Booke.
1730 J. Chilton Positive Inst. 4 The Cause which for the sake of Truth and Religion I think myself oblig'd to defend against you, I presume is no new Business, no upstart unpatroniz'd Notion.
1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 120. ⁋11 Unpatronized and unsupported, he cleared himself by the openness of innocence.
1814 W. Scott Waverley I. ii. 23 The young officer..rose in the army with a rapidity far surpassing the usual pace of unpatronized professional merit. View more context for this quotation
1894 A. Moffatt in Christianity Practically Appl. (Evangelical Alliance U.S.) 289 We placed lots of papers and magazines in it [sc. a reading-room], but for a long time it was unpatronized except by boys.
1923 J. H. Martyn Notes Jaffna 224 Poor and unpatronised, he worked his way manfully up to eminence and command.
2002 Jerusalem Rep. (Nexis) 25 Mar. 20 This would have left the kiosk and Suleiman's unpatronized restaurant safely in Israel.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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