unpesteredadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɛstəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɛstərd/ Not pestered, unbothered. Formerly: spec. †unencumbered, free of obstructions (obsolete). Chiefly in predicative use.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > [adjective] > open and unobstructed
openeOE
freec1230
faira1325
unstopped1398
clear1569
expedite1581
unpestered1588
accessible1602
accessive1611
rid1866
the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adjective]
sorrowlessOE
carelessa1000
restful1340
clearc1374
unsada1450
undiseased?c1450
unoffendedc1450
undistroubled1466
frank1477
unvexed1485
quiet1535
secure1545
griefless1552
trouble-void1559
woeless1568
undistressed1582
tearless1603
cocksure1613
undejected1613
undisquieted1627
uncareful1635
serene1640
indisconsolatea1645
trouble-free1648
catastematic1656
thoughtless1659
incruciated1661
easy1692
undepressed1697
unsufferinga1732
ungloomed1737
solute1742
unanxious1742
undarkened1742
unsighinga1743
comfortable1770
unharassed1796
unworried1818
gloomless1820
ungroaning1821
unpestered1824
ungrieving1837
troubleless1838
unsaddened?c1840
untrespassed1854
unannoyed1865
unfretted1870
fretless1878
worriless1889
stress-free1898
unstressed1927
1588 T. P. tr. A. Perez de Guzman Orders Voy. Eng. sig. B3 That all Souldiers haue their roume cleane and unpestered of Chestes, and other thinges.
1598 R. Barret Theorike & Pract. Mod. Warres iv. 103 It is onely a place of armes..and is to bee left free and vnpestered for onely the battell when it is to be set.
1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens i. 86 One of them carried us to his Cabane, and it happened to be at a time when it was clean and unpestered.
1744 W. Horsley Serious Considerations on High Duties Examin'd 24 Every Man quiet in his Shop or Warehouse, unpester'd with and unmolested by Excise and Custom Officers.
1824 J. Mactaggart Sc. Gallovidian Encycl. 333 Unpestered, sequestered, Deep hidden I remain.
1864 Athenæum 15 Oct. 498/3 I was out of town and lived the life of an Angel, unpestered with newspapers.
1913 Pop. Electr. Mag. July 320/1 These portable breezes..permit you to dine in comfort, unpestered by the troublesome fly.
2007 Financial Times 3 Aug. 36/4 Governing council members can enjoy their summer holidays unpestered by journalists.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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