单词 | unperfected |
释义 | unperfectedadj. Not made perfect or complete; not perfected. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > completing > non-completion > [adjective] incompletec1380 rudea1387 imperfecta1398 occasionala1398 unperfecta1398 unperfecteda1513 uncompleted1513 imperfected1552 unfinished1553 unconsummate1609 half-baked1627 illaborate1631 inconsummatea1641 uncrowned1743 stickit1784 unconsummated1813 incompleted1836 behindhand1853 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. cxxvv By reason of which peas or trewes the hostes were deseuered, and the ende of ye warre vnparfyted. a1547 Earl of Surrey Poems (1964) 27 A mark the which, unparfited for time, Some may approche, but never none shall hit. 1625 K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis v. x. 363 The businesse yet stands well; the alliance vnperfected; Argenis vnmarried. 1657 W. Rand tr. P. Gassendi Mirrour of Nobility vi. 192 He never willingly left anything unperfected. 1720 ‘E. S.’ Let. in Weekly Jrnl. 10 Sept. 533/2 These..are but Half Gentlemen,..debased, unperfected things. 1745 tr. G. van Swieten Comm. Aphorisms Boerhaave IX. 196 That as yet unperfected bilious juice.., will remain mixed with the blood. 1864 Reader No. 86. 219/2 An unperfected sketch. 1891 F. W. Farrar Darkness & Dawn II. xli. 80 Shall any germ of good in man's soul perish unperfected? 1913 Michiganensian 17 229 Team play at that time was more or less unperfected. 1981 New Scientist 8 Oct. 86/3 The ‘Stealth’ bomber, an aircraft that will employ as yet unperfected technology to make itself invisible to enemy radar. 2013 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 30 Mar. (Weekend) 38 [He] decides to test the unperfected serum on himself. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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