unshotadj.
1.
a. Not fired or let off.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > [adjective] > not fired
unshot1544
undischarged1798
unfired1892
society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > use of bow and arrow > [adjective] > shot from bow > not
unshot1686
1544 Late Exped. Scotl. sig. D.ii The Scottes fledde from theyr ordinaunces, leuyng them vnshot.
1686 E. Waller Poems (ed. 5) 235 He..With Cupid's pointed Arrows plays; They, with a touch, they are so keen, Wound us unshot, and She unseen.
1899 J. Milne Romance of Pro-Consul vi. 52 For his own gun, he snatched an unshot one which the man was struggling to release from its cover.
b. Not struck by a shot; not shot at.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > not attacked or molested
unsoughta1300
unannoyeda1470
unbaited15..
unmolested1531
unpersecuted?1545
unmolestc1560
unassaileda1586
unattempteda1616
unthreatened1649
unattacked1663
uninfested1670
unaffronted1753
uninsulted1832
unharried1871
unshot1897
the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > free from injury > specific
unhewna1400
unstangeda1400
uncutc1426
unbirsed1435
unpricked1561
unpoisoned1579
unvenued1581
unwrung1604
unbruiseda1616
unstung1615
unbraineda1627
pierce-free1629
whole-eared1681
unscalped1726
bite-free1730
unembowelleda1731
unbleeding1812
unlamed1839
undrugged1868
undislocated1876
unjabbed1891
unshot1897
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. ]
1897 Outing 29 368/1 The deer left suddenly and unshot.
1897 Outing 29 368/1 We found them easily,..and as before they whirled away unshot at to the cover.
2. Of grain: Not come into ear; not sprouted.
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the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > that has grown > that has not grown
unsprung1600
unshot1854
ungerminated1899
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters xxv. 527 Fields..waving with the yet unshot corn.
1893 Times 8 June 12/4 Barley and oats had been lying in the soil for a long time unshot.
3. Not shot out or deposited.
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1882 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Oct. 1 France is full of the unshot, unburned rubbish of her last financial orgie.
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unshotv.
(un- prefix2 1c.)
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > action of propelling missile > discharge of firearms > fire (a gun) [verb (transitive)] > load or prime (a gun) > unload, etc.
unload1601
uncharge1688
worm1802
unshot1805
1805 C. James New Mil. Dict. (ed. 2) To unshot a gun, to take the ball out of a piece of ordnance.
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