unrefundingadj.

Brit.

/ˌʌnriːˈfʌndɪŋ/,

/ˌʌnrᵻˈfʌndɪŋ/,

/(ˌ)ʌnˈriːfʌndɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˌənrəˈfəndɪŋ/,

/ˌənriˈfəndɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, refund v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + refund v.¹ + -ing suffix².

Now rare.

1. Not giving a refund or return.

ΚΠ

1697 J. Drake in J. Drake Ess. Def. Female Sex (ed. 3) To Madam sig. B5^v They are as unrefunding as a cast Mistress, and as unacknowledging as a Dutch Tradesman.

1816 J. Ogilvie Philos. Ess. ii. 119 [A nobleman] wasting his own, and the nations' patrimony, in the vortical and unrefunding gulf of unproductive expense.

1898 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 24 Jan. 4/1 They continued to invest the allowance of money sent to keep them from starving in this unrefunding swindle.

1912 Indianapolis Star 21 Feb. 6/2 He will revere the courts if they hand down decisions that mean to him the spirit of equality and not the letter of baffling and unrefunding law.

2. poetic. Of a grave, tomb, etc.: not relinquishing its contents.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > [adjective] > keeping what is due to or desired by another > not giving back

unrestoring1617

unrefunding1704

1704 Poem to Dutchess of Marlborough 3 Mighty Numbers rais'd the Grecian Braves From the dark Maw of Time, and unrefunding Graves.

1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 41 When Horror Universal shall descend..On that enormous, unrefunding Tomb, How just this Verse?

1828 Haverhill Gaz. 19 Jan. 1/1 'Tis over now—time's wreck-strewn wave, Hath clos'd upon a year Its deep and unrefunding grave, Whence nought can reappear.

1914 Indianapolis Star 19 Feb. 8/2 The Whig party, by clinging to economic controversy and repelling the humanitarian movement..had dug its own unrefunding tomb.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unrefunding
释义	unrefundingadj. Brit. /ˌʌnriːˈfʌndɪŋ/, /ˌʌnrᵻˈfʌndɪŋ/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈriːfʌndɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈfəndɪŋ/, /ˌənriˈfəndɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, refund v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + refund v.¹ + -ing suffix². Now rare. 1. Not giving a refund or return. ΚΠ 1697 J. Drake in J. Drake Ess. Def. Female Sex (ed. 3) To Madam sig. B5^v They are as unrefunding as a cast Mistress, and as unacknowledging as a Dutch Tradesman. 1816 J. Ogilvie Philos. Ess. ii. 119 [A nobleman] wasting his own, and the nations' patrimony, in the vortical and unrefunding gulf of unproductive expense. 1898 Morning Oregonian (Portland, Oregon) 24 Jan. 4/1 They continued to invest the allowance of money sent to keep them from starving in this unrefunding swindle. 1912 Indianapolis Star 21 Feb. 6/2 He will revere the courts if they hand down decisions that mean to him the spirit of equality and not the letter of baffling and unrefunding law. 2. poetic. Of a grave, tomb, etc.: not relinquishing its contents. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > [adjective] > keeping what is due to or desired by another > not giving back unrestoring1617 unrefunding1704 1704 Poem to Dutchess of Marlborough 3 Mighty Numbers rais'd the Grecian Braves From the dark Maw of Time, and unrefunding Graves. 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Seventh 41 When Horror Universal shall descend..On that enormous, unrefunding Tomb, How just this Verse? 1828 Haverhill Gaz. 19 Jan. 1/1 'Tis over now—time's wreck-strewn wave, Hath clos'd upon a year Its deep and unrefunding grave, Whence nought can reappear. 1914 Indianapolis Star 19 Feb. 8/2 The Whig party, by clinging to economic controversy and repelling the humanitarian movement..had dug its own unrefunding tomb. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1697
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