unreturnedadj.

1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens ii. sig. F6 With what hope drawne to hedlong hell alowe, So bolde to passe the vnreturned wayes [L. vias irremiabiles] sawst thou Proserpines rayne of Sicylye?

1616 J. Davies Select Second Husband sig. F5 They seeldome passe the vnreturned wayes That leade t'infernall Ioues Dominions.

1589 in D. Masson Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1881) 1st Ser. IV. 428 The Chancellair..being yit unreturned oute of Lauder.

1641 Sentence Councell of Warre against Ld. Mountnorris 8 The towne full of people from all parts of the kingdome as then vnreturned back to their owne dwellings, from their sitting in Parliament.

1765 Petition G. M. Drover 15 The cattle unreturned had not perished by accident or fatality.

1802 Noble Wanderers I. 131 Selisme was still unreturned:—..my suspicions gained strength.

1885 W. Watson Poems (1892) 93 Thousands that weep their warriors unreturn'd.

1947 Billboard 9 Aug. 1/2 Another group of people hit by the war..came to mind—mothers of unreturned servicemen.

2010 A. Naiono in H. Gray & M. Gómez-Barris Toward Sociol. Trace v. 113 Unreturned migrants to Japan's former colonies and occupied lands.

a1643 S. Godolphin Poems (1931) 7 Love unreturn'd, howe ere the flame Seeme great and pure, may [etc.].

1691 Bragadocio ii. 31 As for the Civilities I receive from him here, he cannot say they are unreturn'd, when I have an opportunity at my Lodgings.

1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 250. ⁋10 Supercilious Looks, unreturned Smiles.

1766 O. Goldsmith Ballad [the Hermit] in Vicar of Wakefield I. viii. 73 Dost thou..grieve for friendship unreturn'd?

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. vi. 196 I..will brook no insult unreturned.

1856 Country Gentleman 5 June 371/2 Her buon giorno is too gracious ever to be unreturned.

1921 B. Miall tr. O. von Bismarck in Kaiser Vs. Bismarck xii. 181 If our political affection for Austria proves to be unreturned unless we give practical proof of it by economic sacrifices, [etc.].

1976 J. Rosenthal Bar Mitzvah Boy in Bar Mitzvah Boy & Other Television Plays (1987) 21 Occasionally, throughout the meal, Harold shoots affectionate (unreturned) smiles at Lesley.

2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 12 Nov. iv. 10/1 The result is a ‘whole slew of..sloppy business practices’—missed appointments, unreturned phone calls, mishandled sales contracts and worse.

1752 A. Collins Hist. Coll. Noble Families 62 The said Hill owed him about 60 l. of Rent, in his Hands unreturned.

?1757 J. Tucker Instr. Travellers 42 Though the Duty is returned, the Interest of the Money paid for it still remains unreturned, a great Loss to the Merchant.

1823 C. Speece Mountaineer (new ed.) 137 His having the books of other people lying on his shelves unreturned and forgotten.

1869 Proc. State Temperance Convent. Harrisburg, Pa. 198 Taking these two items, viz: the unreturned and the unlicensed sales together,..they would make an amount at least equal to the official figures.

1906 U.S. Rep. (Supreme Court) 202 306 Twice the estimated value of the unreturned package.

1952 K. Amis Let. 9 Dec. (2000) 301 There are only three volumes I feel really bad about not having on that shelf: Old lights for new channels , unreturned by some forgotten criminal; [etc.].

2006 L. H. Hai & O. K. Ming in A. Croissant & B. Martin Between Consolidation & Crisis 189 The total of unreturned postal ballot papers was over 67,000.