unsecondedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈsɛk(ə)ndᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈsɛkəndəd/ 1.
a. Not backed up or supported.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [adjective] > supported > not
discounselled1480
stayless1587
unstayed1594
unpropped1608
unseconded1608
unbacked1609
unpartied1641
unsustained1697
unupheld1827
1608 R. Tofte tr. L. Ariosto Satyres iii. 36 So that in ranke of fauour, I alone, Stood still vnseconded of any one.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 (1623) ii. iii. 34 O Miracle of Men! Him did you leaue (Second to none) vn-seconded by you.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions 9 Nor lay this long unseconded by concurrent Advices from Portsmouth.
1735 J. Thomson Antient & Mod. Italy Compared: 1st Pt. Liberty 166 Unseconded by art, the spinning race..idly toil.
1778 A. Hamilton Let. 8 Sept. in Papers (1961) I. 546 He attempted single and unseconded, to possess himself of one of the enemy's field pieces.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vi. 260 He..Urged unremittingly the stubborn work, Unseconded, uncountenanc'd. View more context for this quotation
1884 Law Times 8 Nov. 27/2 [A] result..obtained by his own unseconded efforts.
b. spec. (See second v.1 3.)
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > putting forward for discussion > [adjective] > not seconded
unseconded1816
1816 Monthly Mag. 41 144 Applause revives. All cry, To France, To France! And Westmoreland unseconded remained.
1865 Reader 27 May 594/3 His proposal was unseconded, and fell to the ground.
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being special or extraordinary > [adjective] > incomparable, unparalleled, or unique
unilicheOE
makelessc1225
unevenlyc1230
peerlessc1330
alonea1382
uncomparablea1382
unoverpassablea1382
solea1398
incomparable1412
sans-peer1426
nonpareilc1450
invincible1509
matchless1530
inimitable1531
unmatchable1544
unmatched1548
unpassable1563
alonely1567
inequivalent1568
mateless1570
unparagonized1578
only1581
fellowlessa1586
unimitablea1586
compareless1590
incompared1590
immatchless1595
unequalized1596
nonsuch1598
paragonless1599
immatchable1601
unparalleled1601
uncompeered1602
unpeered1602
imparalleled1604
unpeerable1604
unrivalled1607
uncompanioned1608
unexampled1610
unsurmountable1611
unsurpassable1611
unparagoned1612
patternless1613
unpatterned1617
unique1618
unparallelable1621
parallelless1622
unmatchless1623
single1633
unexemplifieda1634
unsampleda1638
unequalled1639
imparallel1641
unparallel1645
unseconded1646
unexemplary1649
unaccessional1651
unequalable1659
uncome-at-able1694
rivalless1735
untouched1735
unexcelleda1800
unexceeded1813
sans-pareilly1818
unsurpassed1818
unrivallable1823
unapproachable1834
untranscendeda1849
insuperable1849
unbrothered1853
unapproached1856
insurpassable1859
untouchable1867
hors concours1884
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica iii. vii. 120 Even as in the body of man from putred humours..there have succeeded strange and unseconded shapes of wormes. View more context for this quotation
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