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unˈstarred, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
Not marked with a star or asterisk; not decorated with a star; spec. of a Parliamentary question: denoting that a written reply is required. Also fig.
[1775Ash.] a1849J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 65 Perfect bliss, unstarred with woe. 1854S. Dobell Balder iii. 12 The keeper of the palace-gate.., although he come In fashion as a commoner, unstarred, Lets the prince pass. 1890Hessels Latin-A.S. Glossary p. xli, I trust that..no A.S. words [are] left unstarred. 1902Hansard Commons 18 June 958 To ask the First Lord of the Treasury if arrangements can be made by which the answer to an unstarred Question shall be communicated to the Member asking the Question within an hour after the sitting of the House on the day..the Question is asked. 1919Ld. Curzon in Hansard Lords 11 Mar. 633 His alternative, I think, was this—that one is to assume that a Question in future, starred or unstarred, is a Question only. 1978T. Willis Buckingham Palace Connection i. 10 Prayers had been said, and the business of the afternoon began, as usual, with a series of four Unstarred Questions. |