单词 | unpensioned |
释义 | unpensionedadj. Not pensioned. In early use chiefly: †not corrupted or controlled through the payment of a pension (obsolete). Later chiefly: without a retirement pension. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > relating to retirement > retired > on a pension > not unpensioned1650 1650 R. Heath Epigrams i. 33 in Clarastella Mine is a substantive unpension'd Muse; Nor e'r was hir'd to write an Epigram In praise of this fool Lord, or that proud Dame. 1682 T. Jones Elymas the Sorcerer 8 I received good thanks and respects..from many unconcerned, and unpensioned in your Parties design against me. 1729 A. Pope Dunciad (new ed.) iii. 326 Gay dies un-pension'd with a hundred Friends. 1771 Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 170/1 I come here unplaced, unpensioned, to give my vote voluntarily. 1819 Ld. Byron Mazeppa iv. 149 So sung his poets, all but one, Who, being unpension'd, made a satire. 1891 Daily News 15 July 3/1 Some of the unpensioned survivors of the Crimean and of the Indian Mutiny campaigns. 1918 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 8 Aug. 184/2 There are few who seem to understand clearly the reason for the physical examination of applicants for unpensioned positions. 1955 Ld. Strang Foreign Office ii. iv. 75 It is harsh to dismiss them unpensioned when they are already too old to stand much chance of finding other jobs. 2000 Financial Times 21 Oct. (Weekend Money section) 7/1 Some unpensioned spouses..stand to get a fairer share of the pensioned partner's funds on divorce. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1650 |
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