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unimˈproving, ppl. a.
(un-1 10.)
1747Mem. Nutrebian Crt. I. 206 While Gen Haragen was indulged in play, and idle unimproving amusements. 1788V. Knox Winter Even. lii. (1790) 378 If the idle were to lay aside such unimproving works. 1823Keble Serm. iii. (1848) 48 It might be no unimproving exercise of self⁓denial, to men of refined judgments. 1883Academy 15 Sept. 175/2 Many unimproving anecdotes of his proceedings still linger along the Spanish Main. |