unrelievedadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈliːvd/, U.S.

/ˌənrəˈlivd/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and relieved adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, relieved adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + relieved adj.

1. Deprived of, or not provided with, relief (from suffering, distress, adversity, etc.); not aided or assisted; not alleviated or eased.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > aided, helped, or assisted > not

helplessc1175

unholpen1382

unsuccoured1422

unhelpeda1425

unrelievedc1525

unassisted1614

unmanned1622

unaided1667

unhelpless1681

unministereda1744

unmidwifed1747

unlightened1784

c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Bii^v Age is the hospytall of all maner sykenes The restyng place of all thought vnreleuyd.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxi If I..should suffre the ministers of the Churche to decaie, or..poore and miserable people, to be vnrelieued.

1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 23 It better should him please, Farre out of sight to perish here vnknowne, Then vnrelieu'd bee pitied of his owne.

1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 132 in Poems If unreliev'ed sev'en days by Israels ayde, This bargain for ore-rated Life is made.

1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables vii. 269 The thefts..of such, whose unrelieved poverty forced to be thus wicked.

1719 R. Steele Spinster 335 To leave the afflictions..of their..fellow-creatures neglected and unrelieved.

1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad ii. 49 Has..unreliev'd the stranger left my door?

1845 Eclectic Mag. Aug. 494/2 Those who have suffered them to remain for generations unrescued and unrelieved.

1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 25 That none of their distresses should be unrelieved.

1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 15 If the distended bladder be left unrelieved, the sphincter yields.

1932 Boys' Life Jan. 36/2 (advt.) In the presence of unrelieved abdominal pain..Call your Doctor.

1994 M. Rudner Malaysian Devel. v. 139 The problem of the unrelieved poor was still pressing.

2014 K. D. McRae Nuclear Dawn vi. 96 The stress of family separation remained, unrelieved.

2. Not freed or released from a duty, obligation, liability, etc.rare before the 19th cent.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] > bound or under obligation > still

undispenseda1300

undefeased1492

unrelieved1533

unexempted1636

unexempt1637

1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. xii. 189 The senate..wald nocht suffir him to be..vnrelevit of þe vote be him made to apollo.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Unrelieved,..not released from duty; as an unrelieved sentinel.

1840 Law Jrnl. Rep. 18 124/1 It is shewn clearly to have been the intention of the legislature..to leave the parties who were liable, unrelieved from those engagements.

1861 P. H. Fitzgerald Rom. Candles 94 Crossing Santo Angelo's bridge, between the files of smoked statues, who keep a kind of mournful unrelieved guard.

1908 J. M. Harper Champlain 248 They belonged to a branch of the Franciscan order, unrelieved from their vow of perpetual poverty.

2009 E. Girelli Beauty & Beast iii. 96 Unrelieved of the duty to support their families, men were on the contrary expected to excel in a time of high employment and economic boom.

3. Originally: (esp. of suffering) not mitigated or rendered more tolerable by something. Later also more generally: unredeemed by variation; monotonously or depressingly consistent; not diversified or varied (by something).

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the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] > characterless

unrelieved1673

unfeatured1693

neutral1755

samely1799

unindividuala1834

featureless1839

clueless1862

unbrightened1873

uninterspersed1887

attributeless1894

faceless1936

identikit1963

fast food1977

1673 J. Flavel Fountain of Life Opened xxxiv. 466 His [sc. Christ's] Corporeal and more external sufferings..were sharp, universal, continual, and unrelieved by any inward comfort.

1764 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) IV. 397 Torments the more horrible in his..solitary state, unrelieved by the hope of glory.

1797 J. Dallaway Constantinople xi. 187 We traversed a very barren and unrelieved expanse of plain.

1820 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 145/2 Its great faults, as a work of amusement, are the long and unrelieved series of its gloomy and marvellous scenes, and the unsatisfactory explanation of them all.

1884 G. A. Sala Journey due South (1887) i. vii. 97 The appearance of the rock-bound coast is one of unrelieved savagery.

1917 D. Goldring Fortune (1919) xx. 216 To my mind a musical comedy can never, however bad it may be, have the unrelieved dullness of a bad play.

1952 H. Ulrich Symphonic Music xii. 284 The diabolical rhythms contributed to the frenzy caused by sheer, unrelieved dissonance.

1987 R. Fishman Bourgeois Utopias iv. 108 The impenetrable maze of streets, virtually unrelieved by any open space.

2013 H. Davidson Evil in all its Disguises ii. 22 The sun was completely gone, and the sky was an unrelieved expanse of flat blackness.

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

单词	unrelieved
释义	unrelievedadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈliːvd/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈlivd/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and relieved adj. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, relieved adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + relieved adj. 1. Deprived of, or not provided with, relief (from suffering, distress, adversity, etc.); not aided or assisted; not alleviated or eased. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [adjective] > aided, helped, or assisted > not helplessc1175 unholpen1382 unsuccoured1422 unhelpeda1425 unrelievedc1525 unassisted1614 unmanned1622 unaided1667 unhelpless1681 unministereda1744 unmidwifed1747 unlightened1784 c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Bii^v Age is the hospytall of all maner sykenes The restyng place of all thought vnreleuyd. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VIII f. cclxi If I..should suffre the ministers of the Churche to decaie, or..poore and miserable people, to be vnrelieued. 1607 M. Drayton Legend Cromwel 23 It better should him please, Farre out of sight to perish here vnknowne, Then vnrelieu'd bee pitied of his owne. 1656 A. Cowley Davideis iv. 132 in Poems If unreliev'ed sev'en days by Israels ayde, This bargain for ore-rated Life is made. 1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables vii. 269 The thefts..of such, whose unrelieved poverty forced to be thus wicked. 1719 R. Steele Spinster 335 To leave the afflictions..of their..fellow-creatures neglected and unrelieved. 1757 W. Wilkie Epigoniad ii. 49 Has..unreliev'd the stranger left my door? 1845 Eclectic Mag. Aug. 494/2 Those who have suffered them to remain for generations unrescued and unrelieved. 1857 J. Ruskin Polit. Econ. Art i. 25 That none of their distresses should be unrelieved. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 15 If the distended bladder be left unrelieved, the sphincter yields. 1932 Boys' Life Jan. 36/2 (advt.) In the presence of unrelieved abdominal pain..Call your Doctor. 1994 M. Rudner Malaysian Devel. v. 139 The problem of the unrelieved poor was still pressing. 2014 K. D. McRae Nuclear Dawn vi. 96 The stress of family separation remained, unrelieved. 2. Not freed or released from a duty, obligation, liability, etc.rare before the 19th cent. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > [adjective] > bound or under obligation > still undispenseda1300 undefeased1492 unrelieved1533 unexempted1636 unexempt1637 1533 J. Bellenden tr. Livy Hist. Rome (1903) II. v. xii. 189 The senate..wald nocht suffir him to be..vnrelevit of þe vote be him made to apollo. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Unrelieved,..not released from duty; as an unrelieved sentinel. 1840 Law Jrnl. Rep. 18 124/1 It is shewn clearly to have been the intention of the legislature..to leave the parties who were liable, unrelieved from those engagements. 1861 P. H. Fitzgerald Rom. Candles 94 Crossing Santo Angelo's bridge, between the files of smoked statues, who keep a kind of mournful unrelieved guard. 1908 J. M. Harper Champlain 248 They belonged to a branch of the Franciscan order, unrelieved from their vow of perpetual poverty. 2009 E. Girelli Beauty & Beast iii. 96 Unrelieved of the duty to support their families, men were on the contrary expected to excel in a time of high employment and economic boom. 3. Originally: (esp. of suffering) not mitigated or rendered more tolerable by something. Later also more generally: unredeemed by variation; monotonously or depressingly consistent; not diversified or varied (by something). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > uniformity > [adjective] > characterless unrelieved1673 unfeatured1693 neutral1755 samely1799 unindividuala1834 featureless1839 clueless1862 unbrightened1873 uninterspersed1887 attributeless1894 faceless1936 identikit1963 fast food1977 1673 J. Flavel Fountain of Life Opened xxxiv. 466 His [sc. Christ's] Corporeal and more external sufferings..were sharp, universal, continual, and unrelieved by any inward comfort. 1764 E. Gibbon Misc. Wks. (1814) IV. 397 Torments the more horrible in his..solitary state, unrelieved by the hope of glory. 1797 J. Dallaway Constantinople xi. 187 We traversed a very barren and unrelieved expanse of plain. 1820 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 145/2 Its great faults, as a work of amusement, are the long and unrelieved series of its gloomy and marvellous scenes, and the unsatisfactory explanation of them all. 1884 G. A. Sala Journey due South (1887) i. vii. 97 The appearance of the rock-bound coast is one of unrelieved savagery. 1917 D. Goldring Fortune (1919) xx. 216 To my mind a musical comedy can never, however bad it may be, have the unrelieved dullness of a bad play. 1952 H. Ulrich Symphonic Music xii. 284 The diabolical rhythms contributed to the frenzy caused by sheer, unrelieved dissonance. 1987 R. Fishman Bourgeois Utopias iv. 108 The impenetrable maze of streets, virtually unrelieved by any open space. 2013 H. Davidson Evil in all its Disguises ii. 22 The sun was completely gone, and the sky was an unrelieved expanse of flat blackness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1525
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