unretentiveadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈtɛntɪv/, U.S.

/ˌənrəˈtɛn(t)ɪv/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, retentive adj.¹

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + retentive adj.¹

Not retentive (in various senses).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective]

wordyeOE

talewisec1200

i-worded?c1225

babblinga1250

cacklinga1250

chatteringa1250

speakfula1250

word-wooda1250

of many wordsc1350

janglingc1374

tatteringc1380

tongueya1382

ganglinga1398

readya1400

jargaunt1412

talkative1432

open-moutheda1470

clattering1477

trattling?a1513

windy1513

popping1528

smatteringa1529

rattle?1529

communicablea1533

blab1552

gaggling1553

long-tongued?1553

prittle-prattle1556

pattering1558

talking1560

bobling1566

gabbling1566

verbal1572

piet1573

twattling1573

flibber gibber1575

babblative1576

tickle-tongued1577

tattling1581

buzzing1587

long-winded1589

multiloquous1591

discoursive1599

rattling1600

glib1602

flippant1605

talkful1605

nimble-tongued1608

tongue-ripe1610

fliperous1611

garrulous?1611

futile1612

overspeaking1612

feather-tongueda1618

tongue-free1617

long-breatheda1628

well-breathed1635

multiloquious1640

untongue-tied1640

unretentive1650

communicative1651

linguacious1651

glibbed1654

largiloquent1656

multiloquent1656

parlagea1657

loose-clacked1661

nimble-chop1662

twit-twat1665

over-talkativea1667

loquacious1667

loudmouth1668

conversable1673

gash1681

narrative1681

chappy1693

apposite1701

conversative1703

gabbit1710

lubricous1715

gabby?1719

ventose1721

taleful1726

chatty?1741

blethering1759

renable1781

fetch-fire1784

conversational1799

conversant1803

gashing1808

long-lunged1815

talky1815

multi-loquacious1819

prolegomenous1822

talky-talky1831

nimble-mouthed1836

slipper1842

speechful1842

gassy1843

in great force1849

yattering1859

babbly1860

irreticent1864

chattable1867

lubrical1867

chattery1869

loose-mouthed1872

chinny1883

tongue-wagging1885

yappy1909

big-mouthed1914

loose-lipped1919

ear-bashing1945

ear-bending1946

yackety-yacking1953

nattering1959

yacking1959

woofy1960

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] > of memory: not retentive

short1340

slipper?a1475

unclasping1640

slippery1653

leaky1692

irretentive1749

unretentive1782

the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective]

forgetelc1000

forgetful1382

mindlessa1425

obliviousc1450

unremembered1453

immemor1535

unremembering1540

unrecalling1594

immemorious1602

elapsive1652

remindless1657

unrecording1813

unretentive1825

forgetting1847

memoryless1857

1650 E. Williams Virginia's Discov. Silke-worms 44 The Vine sometimes is oppressed with an unretentive scattering disease, as unable to maintaine the fruit shee hath produced, which shee therefore discharges.

1714 T. Boydell Medicaster Exenteratus 11 A Taste of Aromatic Lees..From loose and unretentive Fundament.

1782 I. Reed Baker's Biogr. Dramatica I. 238/2 So unretentive was his memory.

1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 363 You are not so unretentive a Scholar as to have forgotten the ‘pateris et auro’ of your Virgil.

1868 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 414 They are easily relieved of the few coins burning in their unretentive pockets.

1916 A. H. Meyer et al. in M. Whitney Field Operations Bureau of Soils 1913 1944 The soil is thoroughly drained and very unretentive of moisture.

2011 M. Miller Middle State iv. 46 Appearing academically to be his customary slow-witted, uncaring, imperceptive and unretentive self.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unretentive
释义	unretentiveadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈtɛntɪv/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈtɛn(t)ɪv/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, retentive adj.¹ Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + retentive adj.¹ Not retentive (in various senses). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [adjective] wordyeOE talewisec1200 i-worded?c1225 babblinga1250 cacklinga1250 chatteringa1250 speakfula1250 word-wooda1250 of many wordsc1350 janglingc1374 tatteringc1380 tongueya1382 ganglinga1398 readya1400 jargaunt1412 talkative1432 open-moutheda1470 clattering1477 trattling?a1513 windy1513 popping1528 smatteringa1529 rattle?1529 communicablea1533 blab1552 gaggling1553 long-tongued?1553 prittle-prattle1556 pattering1558 talking1560 bobling1566 gabbling1566 verbal1572 piet1573 twattling1573 flibber gibber1575 babblative1576 tickle-tongued1577 tattling1581 buzzing1587 long-winded1589 multiloquous1591 discoursive1599 rattling1600 glib1602 flippant1605 talkful1605 nimble-tongued1608 tongue-ripe1610 fliperous1611 garrulous?1611 futile1612 overspeaking1612 feather-tongueda1618 tongue-free1617 long-breatheda1628 well-breathed1635 multiloquious1640 untongue-tied1640 unretentive1650 communicative1651 linguacious1651 glibbed1654 largiloquent1656 multiloquent1656 parlagea1657 loose-clacked1661 nimble-chop1662 twit-twat1665 over-talkativea1667 loquacious1667 loudmouth1668 conversable1673 gash1681 narrative1681 chappy1693 apposite1701 conversative1703 gabbit1710 lubricous1715 gabby?1719 ventose1721 taleful1726 chatty?1741 blethering1759 renable1781 fetch-fire1784 conversational1799 conversant1803 gashing1808 long-lunged1815 talky1815 multi-loquacious1819 prolegomenous1822 talky-talky1831 nimble-mouthed1836 slipper1842 speechful1842 gassy1843 in great force1849 yattering1859 babbly1860 irreticent1864 chattable1867 lubrical1867 chattery1869 loose-mouthed1872 chinny1883 tongue-wagging1885 yappy1909 big-mouthed1914 loose-lipped1919 ear-bashing1945 ear-bending1946 yackety-yacking1953 nattering1959 yacking1959 woofy1960 the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] > of memory: not retentive short1340 slipper?a1475 unclasping1640 slippery1653 leaky1692 irretentive1749 unretentive1782 the mind > mental capacity > memory > faulty recollection > [adjective] forgetelc1000 forgetful1382 mindlessa1425 obliviousc1450 unremembered1453 immemor1535 unremembering1540 unrecalling1594 immemorious1602 elapsive1652 remindless1657 unrecording1813 unretentive1825 forgetting1847 memoryless1857 1650 E. Williams Virginia's Discov. Silke-worms 44 The Vine sometimes is oppressed with an unretentive scattering disease, as unable to maintaine the fruit shee hath produced, which shee therefore discharges. 1714 T. Boydell Medicaster Exenteratus 11 A Taste of Aromatic Lees..From loose and unretentive Fundament. 1782 I. Reed Baker's Biogr. Dramatica I. 238/2 So unretentive was his memory. 1825 S. T. Coleridge Aids Refl. 363 You are not so unretentive a Scholar as to have forgotten the ‘pateris et auro’ of your Virgil. 1868 Cornhill Mag. Oct. 414 They are easily relieved of the few coins burning in their unretentive pockets. 1916 A. H. Meyer et al. in M. Whitney Field Operations Bureau of Soils 1913 1944 The soil is thoroughly drained and very unretentive of moisture. 2011 M. Miller Middle State iv. 46 Appearing academically to be his customary slow-witted, uncaring, imperceptive and unretentive self. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1650
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