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unreˈwarded, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not rewarded; unrequited.
c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 2890 No goode dede vn⁓rewardid is, or quytte. c1440Alph. Tales lxxxi. 64 God will hafe no gude dede vnrewardid. 1512Helyas in Thoms Prose Rom. (1828) III. 75 A good dede is never unrewarded ne an evyll unpunisshed. 1576Abp. Sandys Serm. (1585) 171 Their seruice was vnrewarded, because it was vncontinued. 1628R. H. J. Owen's Epigr. i. 7 Verses giuen for a New-yeeres gift, vnrewarded. 1656Sir E. Nicholas in N. Papers (Camden) III. 270 None can..imagine that so glorious an act can possibly be unrewarded. 1712Blackmore Creation vii. 74 While Heaven's adorers..Their unrewarded innocence maintain. 1779Mirror No. 35, My obsequious services in the drawing-room passed unrewarded. 1821Byron Sardan. iii. i. 357 Slain! unrewarded!..that's hard, poor slave. 1863Mouat Andaman Islanders 153 Our persevering search, and our repeated use of the line, were unrewarded with the success we desired.
2. Unpunished.
1621J. Taylor (Water P.) Unnat. Father Wks. (1630) 140/1 God did neuer suffer Murder to goe vnrewarded. 1907Verney Mem. II. 128 Wickedness does not go for ever unrewarded. |