单词 | unpertaining |
释义 | unpertainingadj. Not pertaining; having no connection or relevance (to). Chiefly in predicative use. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > irrelevant > irrelevant to unpertainingc1449 impertinentc1450 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 552 Vsis and expendingis vnperteynyng to tho religiouns and to her persoones. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 71v Was this the dutie of Bishops to wrappe themselues with iudiciall hearyng of causes, wyth the gouernementes of cities & prouinces, & through large circuites to meddle in businesses so vnperteining to them. 1593 T. Bilson Perpetual Govt. Christes Church xii. 228 Epiphanius surmise, that the scarcitie of tried and approoued men, was some cause why euerie place was not furnished at the first with a Bishop; is neither vnlikelie nor vnpertaining to the purpose. 1975 P. A. Hansen List Greek Verse Inscriptions 27 The letters..are on an unpertaining fragment. 2000 World Lit. Today 74 629/1 Fragmentary reflections are thus recorded, never ‘signed off’ as unpertaining to what precedes or finally will follow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1449 |
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