unretardedadj.

1615 T. Adams Lycanthropy 7 in Blacke Devill What Paul speakes of his vnretarded execution of Christs message.

a1637 B. Jonson Timber 683 in Wks. (1640) III Which they will utter, unretarded without any shamefastnesse.

1713 E. Ward Hist. Grand Rebellion II. 239 Commanding Essex..T'advance before with unretarded speed, To the Hanse-Town of Berwick upon Tweed.

1774 J. Lovett Electr. Philosopher v. 58 Particularly on account of the regular and unretarded motions of the Planets,..their periodical Revolutions are always performed in exactly the same space of time.

1820 E. Kean Let. 9 May in 9th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1883) ii. 488/2 in Parl. Papers (C. 3773-I) XXXVII. 491 Friends such as will come uninvited, [and] go unretarded.

1873 Canad. Jrnl. Sci., Lit. & Hist. 13 565 Unretarded by blunders and by doubts as to the issue, [they] were enabled very speedily to turn their industry to profitable account.

1920 G. Thomas Devel. Inst. under Irrigation i. 3 If unretarded in its movement and undiminished in its quantity, it [sc. the water] would wash away the best soils.

1964 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 21 Nov. 1302/1 The proportion of the mentally defective children..who had measles..is almost exactly the same as in the group of unretarded children.

2010 B. J. McParland Nucl. Med. Radiation Dosimetry vii. 232/1 Static unretarded potential between the projectile and electrons with a direct coupling between the initial and final states.