单词 | unrespective |
释义 | unrespectiveadj.adv. A. adj. Apparently rare in all senses from the late 17th to the early 19th cent. 1. a. Disrespectful, rude. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [adjective] respectless1591 unrespecting1592 unrespective1593 unrespectful1595 unfestival1603 disrespective1623 irrespective1640 cavalier1657 disrespectfula1677 irrespectuose1677 irrespectful1678 undervaluing-like1782 slightening1916 1593 G. Carew Let. 16 May in Cecil Papers (Hatfield House CP 169/75) f. 75v Heretofore in the lyke vnrespective manner he hath often vsed me; wch vntill nowe I haue Swallowed. 1604 in T. B. Howell State Trials (1816) II. 98 The difference, he observed, was some unrespective carriage towards his majesty. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Irrespectueux, vnrespectiue, inofficious, rude. a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 23 Nothing [is] more vncertain then the minds of the multitude..: humorous, clamorous, vnrespective. 1648 J. Taylor Tailors Trav. 13 [He] had behaved himselfe most coursly ridged, and barbarously unrespective to His Majesty. 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. Introd. Ep. p. ii Bargaining for the objects of my curiosity with an unrespective shop-lad. 1866 J. B. Harwood Plain John Orpington I. xi. 192 The old diplomatist's feeble anger still smouldered against unrespective George. 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 22 Sept. 596/1 Poor Dolly Montgomery—long a butt of unrespective young wags in the club smoking-room. 1961 Lima (Ohio) News 1 Jan. b11/6 Officials..are spraying all the trees along the route so that the new president can ride without fear of undue embarrassment from the unrespective birds. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [adjective] > not worthy of respect unworshipfulc1374 respectless1620 unrespectivea1631 unrespectable1764 inestimable1811 a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 276 Which to lesse reverend, and unrespective persons, we should be lesse willing to doe. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless getelessc1175 untimingc1350 unmindfula1382 negligentc1390 unminda1400 roughtlessa1500 respectlessa1542 indiligent1549 unheedful1570 regardless1578 heedless1579 unheedy1579 unregarding?1585 unrespective1594 neglectful1595 unregardful1598 unobservinga1628 tentless1636 disregardfula1641 unregardant1652 inadvertent1653 disregarding1659 unaspective1661 inobservant1663 unheeding1770 unobservant1775 inattentive1785 disregardant1816 unrecking1824 unminded1831 unchary1856 amelectic1879 irregardless1912 blithe1922 slap-happy1937 1594 S. Daniel Trag. Cleopatra iii. i When dissolute impiety possest Th' vnrespectiue mindes of such a people. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iv. ii. 30 I wil conuerse with..vnrespectiue boies, none are for me That looke into me with considerate eies. View more context for this quotation 1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 239 A true hearted loving neighbour is better than an overlie, and unrespective brother. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) iii. v. 148 Love Solyman sayes my Inclination; But if he be insensible, if he be unrespective, if he be even an enemy to my passion, have I reply'd oftentimes? 1816 J. Hogg in Edinb. Ann. Reg. 1814 7 i. p. ccccxvii The horse went round Most unrespective, and..broke on all propriety, with snort Like blustering cannon. 1834 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 12 Apr. 81/3 His tenderest toe..was occasionally trod upon by the unrespective feet of the multitude. 1856 S. T. Dobell Eng. in Time of War 154 The living hand began to move and press The cold dead flesh, and took its silent way So often o'er the unrespective clay. b. That makes no distinction; undiscriminating. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > misjudgement > indiscriminateness > [adjective] blinda1400 unchoosinga1586 undiscerning1589 unrespective1609 irrespecting1625 promiscuous1633 incurious1645 indistinct1650 irrespective1650 uncritical1659 indiscerning1664 undistinguishing1665 undistinguishable1702 unrefining1735 indiscriminating1754 undiscriminating1776 indiscriminate1792 unfastidious1816 rough1819 lumping1827 indistinguishing1828 unparticularizing1828 farraginous1837 imperceiverant1844 scattergun1845 undistinctive1851 indiscriminative1854 unselecting1895 scattershot1961 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida ii. ii. 70 Nor the remainder viands, We do not throw in vnrespectue siue. View more context for this quotation 1648 Bp. J. Hall Select Thoughts 102 To cast the envy of their condemnation meerly upon the absolute will of an unrespective power. a1656 J. Hales Serm. at Eton (1673) iv. 53 These general and unrespective judgments of God, by famine, or sword, or the like. 1832 A. Jameson Characteristics Women I. 62 Her satirical humour plays with such an unrespective levity over all subjects alike. 1850 ‘S. Yendys’ Roman i. 12 She was not born To..bear Rude licence of the unrespective waves. 1866 J. B. Rose tr. Virgil Eclogues & Georgics 107 But onward, onward,..Doth unrespective Time..in silence move. 1904 W. Watson For England 51 Partners in silence..Unto like deeds by differing mandates urged, And equalled in the unrespective tomb. B. adv. = regardless adv. 1. Cf. irrespective adj. and adv. 3b.Always less common than irrespective, and in later use chiefly restricted to international scholarly discourse. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adverb] > independently without respect1528 irrespectively1648 independently1651 irrespective1839 unrespective1845 unrespectively1963 1845 Hood's Mag. Mar. 307 Each [picture] assuming its natural position on the walls of the ideal gallery, unrespective of the conceited partialities of any so-called Hanging-Committee. 1918 Chester (Pa.) Times 2 Sept. 3/4 To lift us up to the great opportunities of life whether we be rich or poor, white or black, and unrespective of race or creed, there being no distinction. 1990 Acta Oncologica 29 167/1 Deaths from rapid fatal infection occurred only in patients with advanced disease, unrespective of splenectomy. 2012 Mining Jrnl. (Marquette, Michigan) (Electronic ed.) 14 May Consider underground installation unrespective of costs. DerivativesΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [noun] unrespect1593 unrespectiveness1604 respectlessness1612 inobsequiousness1625 disrespect1631 disrespectfulness1672 deconsideration1882 1604 H. Petowe Londoners their Entertainm. in Countrie sig. A4v Partly by the vnrespectiuenes of the infected, and the want of care of the sound, but especially the conformity of vnrepented sinnes, kindled the like flame. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Inofficiosité, vnofficiousnesse, vnrespectiuenesse, or want of due respect. 1635 H. Mason Hearing & Doing iii. 73 Hee met with Mordecai the Jew, who would not doe him reverence: and this unrespectivenesse in a poore alien did..pierce his heart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.adv.1593 |
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