unpickedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈpɪkt/, U.S. /ˌənˈpɪkt/ 1. Not unfastened or opened; not rifled or robbed. Also figurative and in figurative context.
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the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [adjective] > not
untaken1483
unpicked1567
1567 T. Harman Caueat for Commen Cursetors (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. A.iii Then shall we surely passe by the hyghe wayes leading to marketes and fayres vnharmed. Then shall our shoppes and bothes be vnpycked.
c1589 Queen Elizabeth I tr. Seneca Hercules Oetaeus in J. Mueller & J. Scodel Elizabeth I: Transl. 1544–1589 (2009) 447 The unpicked locks of certain trust.
1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker Roaring Girle sig. M You may passe where you list, through crowdes most thicke, And come of brauely with your pursse vnpickt.
1701 Laconics (new ed.) iii. 82 How is it possible..for a Woman to keep her Cabinet unpick'd, when every Raskal has got a Key to 't?
1863 S. Smiles Industr. Biogr. xi. 186 Bramah's lock was regarded as absolutely inviolable, and it remained unpicked for sixty-seven years.
1948 Abilene (Texas) Reporter-News 28 Sept. 6/4 I have..emerged unscarred, with an unpicked pocket and an unseared mind.
2009 Cornish Guardian (Nexis) 1 Apr. 54 The Story Detectives have left no stone unturned, no lock unpicked, no cake uneaten in their efforts to discover the truth about our Cornish villages.
2. Not picked out or selected; not subjected to sorting, selection, or refinement so as to identify items, material, etc., of special excellence, or which have some desired quality.
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the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] > rejecting > rejected
refusea1413
reproveda1425
offcastc1450
disallowed1539
repudiate1543
rejected1567
unpicked1568
unelecteda1586
disavowed1591
discarded1593
disclaimed1595
repudiated1610
unaccepted1612
refused1790
reject1955
1568 C. Watson tr. Polybius Hystories f. 71 Their rowers were vnpicked fellowes, altogether rude & without knowledge in the warres.
1579 T. Palfreyman Baldwin's Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) To Rdr. sig. Aviv Some curious or scornefull person, findinge it vnpicked, emptie, barraine of eloquence.
1641 J. Milton Of Prelatical Episc. 3 Whatsoever time, or the heedlesse hand of blind chance, hath drawne down..in her huge dragnet, whether Fish, or Sea-weed, Shells, or Shrubbs, unpickt, unchosen.
1677 G. Miege New Dict. French & Eng. ii. sig. Mmmv/1 Unpicked wooll, laine crue.
a1722 J. Toland Coll. Several Pieces (1726) I. 47 Why the modern Irish Historians, I say, give us such a medly of relations, unpick'd and unchosen, I had rather any man else shou'd tell.
1765 Museum Rusticum 4 384 A small sample of each kind of seed, certified..to have been taken indifferently and unpicked out of the gross quantity gathered.
1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. viii. 277 An inferior quality of wine will be afforded by unpicked clusters.
1887 in C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 135 In a rough state unpicked, but simply roughly..sifted, it sells for £45 to £60 per ton.
1945 Boys' Life Nov. 46/1 (advt.) Stamp mixture with thousands. Sold unpicked as received.
2003 D. J. Maloney Maloney's Antiques & Collectibles (ed. 7) 680/1 Seeks ‘unpicked’ sheet music lots or collections.
3. Not gathered or harvested.In quot. 1600 in figurative context.
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > harvesting > [adjective] > harvested > not
unpluckedc1536
unled1569
ungathered1592
unpicked1600
uncropped?1610
ungarnered1850
unharvested1867
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 2 ii. iv. 371 Now coms in the sweetest morsell of the night, & we must hence and leaue it vnpickt. View more context for this quotation
1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer 4 Then Tobacco was an Indian, vnpickt and vnpiped, now made the common Iuy-bush of luxury.
1785 London Chron. 13 Sept. 259/1 All the hops that remained on the poles unpicked in that neighbourhood were totally destroyed.
1838 Farmers' Reg. Oct. 419/1 I have seen 40 acres of unpicked cotton ploughed up in March.
1952 C. A. Chambers Calif. Farm Organizations iv. 38 Much of the grape crop had rotted unpicked and sun-scorched on the vine.
2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 191 The blackberries moulded and went unpicked.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > surgery > incision > [adjective] > without incision
unpicked1605
1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick i. viii. 100 Set the boxes vnpickt vpon the liuer.
1605 J. Mosan tr. C. Wirsung Gen. Pract. Physick iii. xiv. 420 Bathing in sweet water is very profitable. So are also boxing cups set vnpickt vpon the sides, whereby to extract all windinesse.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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