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unˈbettered, ppl. a.
[un-1 8. Cf. Du. ongebeterd, MHG. ungebezzert (G. -bessert), MSw. obätrad.]
Not made better; unimproved.
1628Wither Brit. Rememb. iv. 941 All they that goe Unbetter'd from such objects, worse doe grow. 1648Sparke Pref. to J. Shute's Sarah & Hagar b j, He..so tempered the wine and oil together, that none (but through his own default) might go away unbettered. 1813Shelley Q. Mab. iv. 81 From kings, and priests, and statesmen, war arose, Whose safety is man's deep unbettered woe. 1845Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 310 Even these..Unbent, unbettered will again rush forth In all the might of madness and despair. |