disclaimedadj.
/dɪˈskleɪmd/, U.S. /dᵻˈskleɪmd/ That has been disclaimed (in various senses of disclaim v.).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > statement > denial or contradiction > [adjective] > denied or contradicted
disclaimed1595
contradicted1598
outfaced1618
denied1859
the mind > language > statement > refusal > [adjective] > rejecting > rejected
refusea1413
reproveda1425
offcastc1450
disallowed1539
repudiate1543
rejected1567
unpicked1568
unelecteda1586
disavowed1591
discarded1593
disclaimed1595
repudiated1610
unaccepted1612
refused1790
reject1955
1595 W. Lisle tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Babilon 47 Restore Disclaimed words to vse.
1656 B. Harris tr. J. N. de Parival Hist. Iron Age i. ii. xiv. 60 A Disciple of that so much disclaimed Italian.
1795 Parl. Reg. 1781–96 XLI. 15 A very large part of his speech was rather directed against the disclaimed project of emancipation.
1817 C. Cuthbertson Rosabella V. xvi. 299 Who, in consequence, had undertaken the conveyance of the disclaimed wife's letter, announcing the recovery of her marriage testimonial.
1885 R. Bridges Nero iii. iv. 16/2 Thou wert right in that, Wrong now returning on disclaimed ambition.
1976 Stud. in Romanticism 15 190 One hears in this statement the same note of disclaimed responsibility that pervades the 1831 Introduction.
2012 D. Clifford Plan your Estate (ed. 11) xxii. 358/1 The basic rule is that if you have any authority to direct where any of the disclaimed property will go, you can't disclaim it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1595