unpremeditatingadj.
/ˌʌnprᵻˈmɛdᵻteɪtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌənpriˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪŋ/, /ˌənprəˈmɛdəˌteɪdɪŋ/ 1. Not premeditated. Now rare.
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1753 W. Smith tr. Thucydides Hist. Peloponnesian War I. iii. 255 The men who rush to action with indiscreet unpremeditating strength.
a1791 J. Wesley & C. Wesley Poet. Wks. (1871) XI. 61 By unpremeditating grace Prepared our Maker to confess.
1835 Eclectic Rev. Aug. 136 In the excitement and unpremeditating freedom of intimate intercourse, many, very many, thoughts and expressions are thrown out, which the speaker might not choose deliberately to justify.
1915 L. P. Gratacap World's Prayer iv. 107 Reckless unpremeditating self-sacrifice.
2. Not premeditating; not given to premeditation.
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1836 T. J. Dibdin Reminisc. Lit. Life I. iii. 102 He was always upon his legs, a fearless opponent; and in the use of a pen, the most unpremeditating and successful.
1866 J. G. Murphy Crit. Comm. Exodus xxi. 14 The milder sentence of the unpremeditating manslayer.
1911 Washington Post 11 June (Monthly Mag.) 5/1 Life..had been easy with him—too easy for a man of an unpremeditating nature.
1970 Public Choice 9 82 To enable other influences to modify the instantaneous response of an unpremeditating voter.
2006 A. Davies Goodbye Lemon iii. 282 I play the rest..flawlessly. My fingers are loose and articulate and unpremeditating.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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