单词 | unwarranted |
释义 | unwarrantedadj. (un- prefix1 2). ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > unwarranted or unjustifiable undue1398 sacklessa1400 indefensible1529 unwarranted1577 indefensive1586 unjustifiable1589 unwarrantable1612 unconcessible1643 unjustified1644 injustifiable1646 insupportable1649 ill-deserveda1666 unsupportable1710 warrantless1863 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. II. iii. viii. sig. Ll.iiijv/2 It doth sharpely rebuke..him for his unwarranted rashenesse. 1587 in T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. (new ed.) iv. 490 (margin) Extreame annointing [is] a forcelesse and vnwarranted ceremonie. 1633 J. Hart Κλινικη Introd. 8 Ignorant and unwarranted Physitians. 1651 T. Hobbes Leviathan ii. xxii. 116 The Assembly cannot Represent any man in things unwarranted by their Letters. 1749 W. Melmoth Lett. by Sir Thomas Fitzosborne II. xlix. 36 Every eminent writer, without indulging any unwarranted licences, has a language which he derives from himself. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. v. 216 The Directors..condemned..the rapacious and unwarranted proceedings of their servants. 1862 E. Bulwer-Lytton Strange Story II. v. 50 I should be utterly unwarranted in supposing that..they were insane. Derivatives unwarrantedly adv. ⓘ ΚΠ 1805 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 397 Common sense would appear to have forced its own way, in overturning the crazy obstacle of such unwarrantedly assumed, or imputed authority. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1577 |
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