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unreˈdeemed, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
†1. Unretrieved, unremedied. Obs.—1
1526Pilgr. Perf. (1531) 264 b, That no circumstance sholde be lefte vnredemed that myght let thy saluacyon.
2. Not spiritually redeemed; unsaved.
1548Geste Pr. Masse I viij b, Ther shuld be made..prayer for the dead to..release them wyth al (as otherwyse vnredemed and payned). 1662Jer. Taylor Three Serm. (1663) 82 The state of a carnal, unredeemed, unregenerate person. 1760Law Spir. Prayer i. 76 Our redemption is this new birth; if this is not done,..we are still unredeemed. 1850Hawthorne Scarlet L. xviii, Breathing the wild, free atmosphere of an unredeemed, unchristianized, lawless region.
absol.1827Pollok Course T. viii. 796 He stood With eye, of all the unredeemed, most sad.
3. Not recovered, ransomed, or released, by purchase or otherwise. (In quot. 1896 = irredeemed.)
1554[see unransomed]. 1572N. Roscarrock Prelim. Verses in Bossewell Armorie, Caparisons ther fixed hang,..With armors fully furnished, and gauntlets vnredeemd. 1648Hexham ii, Ongelost, Vnredeemed, or Vnreleased. 1845McCulloch Taxation i. i. 59 note, The land-tax redeemed amounts to 737,285l. a-year, and the unredeemed to 1,069,904l. a-year. 1856Kingsley Misc. (1859) II. 3 [Lands] yet unredeemed from the wild beast and the wild hunter. 1896Daily News 16 Oct. 5/3 The most elaborate [wreath] being sent by the other ‘unredeemed’ Italian city of Trieste.
b. spec. Not recovered from pawn.
1859Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 180 The articles sold..are all pawnbrokers' pledges unredeemed. 1881E. F. Poynter Among the Hills II. 30 Teapot and candlesticks both had..been pledged and unredeemed.
4. Not remedied or relieved (by some good quality or feature); unmitigated; absolutely bad.
1805W. Roscoe Leo X, II. 22 A man so totally unredeemed by a single virtue. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iii. xii, The unredeemed ugliness is that of a slothful People. 1862‘Shirley’ (J. Skelton) Nugæ Crit. vi. 320 The villain of the piece, who is..an unredeemed and impossible blackguard. 1896H. G. Wells Wheels of Chance viii, He was not an unredeemed rough taking advantage of a mistake.
5. Not performed or realized.
1812L. Hunt in Examiner 7 Dec. 770/2 Your promise has remained unredeemed. 1862Goulburn Pers. Relig. ii. ix, The great gulf of unredeemed possibilities.
Hence unreˈdeemedly adv.
1885Athenæum 28 Feb. 276/3 If she had..one touch of refinement,..instead of being unredeemedly vulgar. |