unreplyingadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈplʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈplaɪɪŋ/ Not replying; giving no answer to a question or query; unresponsive. Also figurative.
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1732 E. Boyd Happy-unfortunate 69 The Count bow'd low, and unreplying left him.
1769 Punch 13 By thee inspir'd, or unreplying Purse..I meditate the Floors Of courteous Biscoe, by whose Aid, serene my Pencil glides.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 817 He spake; but Hector unreplying pass'd Impetuous.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. i. 4 Oftimes but ill accords the form To the design of art, through sluggishness Of unreplying matter.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 16 Apr. 7/1 The voiceless lips of the unreplying dead.
1921 Lit. Digest 26 Nov. 36/1 Only those who fell with him..Can tell his company or rank, and they are unreplying.
2006 J. Sittler in R. J. Berry Environmental Stewardship iii. 52 Nature can be subsumed under man... She is envisioned as only an unreplying theatre for his proud and pathetic life.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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