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unaˈttained, a. and n.
[un-1 8.]
†1. Untouched, unaffected. Obs.—1
1613Sir A. Sherley Trav. Persia 136 Any of those bring extrinsicke danger, or intrinsicke errours, from both which you must liue free and vnattained.
2. Not attained or reached.
1671Clarendon Dial. Tracts (1727) 326 The art of Logick..is rarely unattained there by any who spend their time there with any application. 1774Goldsmith Nat. Hist. (1776) II. 92 When the mind reflects with regret upon some good unattained or lost. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxvi, Unless the crime..was instigated merely by resentment,..its object must be unattained till the niece was also dead. 1868Morris Earthly Par. (1870) I. ii. 585 Days once bright, With foolish hopes of unattained delight.
b. n. With the: That which is not attained.
1854Longfellow Epimetheus xii, Thou makest each mystery clearer, And the unattained seems nearer. 1870Whittier My Triumph vii, I better know than all How little I have gained, How vast the unattained. |