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单词 unplaced
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unplacedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈpleɪst/, U.S. /ˌənˈpleɪst/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and placed adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, place v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + place v. + -ed suffix1. Compare later placed adj.
1.
a. Not assigned to or set in a definite place; not classified or categorized.
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the world > space > place > position or situation > [adjective] > having a (specified) position > not
unlaid1467
unplaced?a1527
placeless1644
unlocated1714
positionless1871
unstowed1884
?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 407 The Steward and Chaplaine must sit down in the Hall, and call unto them the Gentlemen if there be any unplaced above.
1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Ciii Not placely as ther placed spaced, and mesured, but ghostly; as ther unplaced unspaced, and not measured.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. i. 18 Th' vn-plac'd Climates of that deepe disorder.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 77 Augustus gift unplaced lay, none would it undertake.
1779 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain xli. 357 The famous picture of Raphael..remains in this palace unplaced, and consequently unseen.
1802 M. Berry Jrnl. 25 Mar. (1865) II. 152 In the garden surrounded by the cloisters are hundreds of figures yet unplaced.
1849 G. R. Gliddon Otia Ægyptiaca 39 My own List of Unplaced Kings..who preceded the xviiith. Dynasty.
1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. i. v. 34 Languages either unplaced or Indo-European (so called).
1934 B. A. de Voto We accept with Pleasure iii. 38 A faint sourness hung unplaced in the room.
1995 C. C. Lovell Light of other Days viii. 91 We came together in an upstairs room, in the midst of trunks and unplaced furniture.
2007 Adv. in Marine Biol. 52 118 Subclass Hexasterophora contains five orders and several still unplaced species.
b. Of a participant or entry in a competition or race (esp. a racehorse): not finishing in the top three (or occasionally four). Cf. place v. 7a.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > horse racing > [adjective] > placed or not placed
unplaced1836
placed1890
1836 Bell's Life in London 17 July Half way up the plantations..the three unplaced horses dropped off.
1871 Sat. Rev. 16 Sept. 370/1 Of the unplaced horses we need say little.
1897 Amer. Chess Mag. Oct. 261/1 He was unplaced in the Hastings tournament of 1895.
1921 Architect 18 Feb. 121/1 There is much good work submitted in some of the unplaced designs.
1962 W. Ingram Legends in their Lifetime xxii. 183 He was unplaced in the high jump.
1973 Times 24 Jan. 14/3 Swan Shot has been unplaced and fallen in his past two races.
2010 Hoosier Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 6 June (Herald-Times ed.) b2/2 Uptowncharlybrown was disqualified and unplaced after a weight violation.
2. Not appointed to a place or office; spec. (Scottish) of a church minister: not appointed to a benefice or living (cf. placed minister n. at placed adj. Compounds).
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society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed
servicelessc1450
unlabouredc1450
masterless1471
unwrought1550
unplaced1558
labourless1576
flag-fallen1609
unlabouring1619
disemployed1651
hireless1651
unengaged1654
unemployed1667
unworking1696
untoiling1748
workless1758
occupationless1822
placeless1828
out of work1833
non-working1841
unhired1852
jobless1862
out of (or in) collar1862
non-employed1876
spare1919
on the beach1923
in dry dock1927
off-the-job1950
on (also upon) the street(s)1980
unwaged1981
1558 in J. Strype Ann. Reformation (1709) I. App. iv. 4 All such as governed..and now remain unplaced and uncalled to Credit.
1575 G. Gascoigne Glasse of Gouernem. i. ii. sig. Aiiv It is not like that he should haue returned from thence vnplaced.
1656 in J. A. Clyde Hope's Major Practicks (1937) I. 74 The lords of platt might assigne the stipend to ane wther minister serueing at any wther kirk as ane unplaced minister's stipend.
1733 A. Pope Satires of Horace ii. i. 15 Could..I not strip the Gilding off a Knave, Un-plac'd, un-pension'd..?
1770 Sc. Mag. Dec. 640/1 I come here unplaced, unpensioned, to give my vote voluntarily and freely.
1823 J. Wilson Trials Margaret Lyndsay xliii. 345 Young preachers, yet unplaced.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. ii. 241 The other fifteen were to be unplaced noblemen and gentlemen of ample fortune.
1939 New Statesman & Nation 21 May 864/1 A lot of unhappy déclassés, ranging from gigolos to broken rubber-planters and 'unplaced' University men.
1970 Times 30 Jan. 3/6 Yet during the clearing operation.., matching unplaced candidates with unfilled places, 93 out of 207 applicants..were accepted.
2013 Independent (Nexis) 15 Aug. (Educ. section) 2 A service..that matches unplaced students with course vacancies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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