单词 | unplaced |
释义 | unplacedadj. 1. a. Not assigned to or set in a definite place; not classified or categorized. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.?a1527 |
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