improvidedadj.

Brit.

/ˌɪmprəˈvʌɪdᵻd/, U.S.

/ˌɪmprəˈvaɪdᵻd/

Forms:

α. see im- prefix² and provided conj. and adj.

β. 1500s inprovided.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix², provided adj.

Etymology: < im- prefix² + provided adj. Compare earlier unprovided adj.With the β. forms compare in- prefix⁴.

†1. Unprepared; not in a state of readiness. Cf. unprovided adj. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective]

ungraitha1350

undisposedc1380

unreadya1400

dispurveyed14..

unpurveyedc1410

unrayedc1425

unwarnishedc1425

unprovided?a1439

unprepared1528

unprovided for1542

improvided1548

unfurnished1549

unpreparate1575

ungirt1579

disappointed1604

imprompt1760

unaneled1760

unapt1849

flat-footed1912

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlvij^v He was in ieopardye of hys lyfe, and all improuided for dread of death, coacted..to sayle vnto Fraunce.

1559 W. Cecil Let. 26 July in Relations Politiques des Pays-Bas et de l'Angleterre (1882) I. 573 I thought meete to enforme you of ye hole circunstance yt..ye shuld not be improvided what to saye.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 109 He was not to hope for any aide from Maximilian, for that hee was altogether improuided.

1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqherin II. 369 They remonstrated to them..how improvided they were against a siege.

†2. Not equipped with the necessary provisions or resources; not provided or supplied with a specified thing (formerly also with †of); lacking something. Cf. unprovided adj. 3a, 3b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > not provided or equipped with something

unbounda1300

unpurveyed?1397

unprovided1513

unprovided1530

unbestoweda1535

improvided1569

dispurveyed1574

unsupplied1599

unaccommodated1608

unprepared1608

disprovided1864

1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander xliii. f. 98^v We to defend our liberty haue chosen this place improuided of all things meete and necessarie for the life and maintenance of any other nation, but liue here like sauage and wilde beastes.

1785 J. Adams Let. 15 Dec. in Virginia Mag. Hist. (1943) 51 130 Instead of attempting an History, he was wholly improvided of Materials for composing, I wished he would read over our Constitutions and give the world his thoughts upon them.

1840 W. H. Maxwell Life Duke of Wellington II. xiv. 231 With an improvided army, he must cross an exhausted country, from which all that rapine and ingenuity could glean had been already gathered.

1879 Rep. Poor Law Union & Lunacy Inq. Comm. (Ireland) App. B. 172/2 in Parl. Papers 1878–9 (C. 2239) XVII. No danger need be apprehended that any sick poor person will be improvided with proper medical attendance.

1905 St. Louis Med. Rev. 16 Sept. 241/1 Discretionary powers for the St. Louis Health authorities in dealing with persons coming from infected districts improvided with health certificates.

1908 Cold Storage & Ice Trade Jrnl. Oct. 45/1 The European markets are improvided in May and June.

†3. Unforeseen; unexpected. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [adjective]

unweenOE

unpurveyeda1382

unprovideda1500

unprovised?a1500

improvided1590

unforeseen1651

unforeknown1667

unpredicted1792

unforeboded1818

uncalculated1828

unforetold1846

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M3^v To worke new woe and improuided scath.

1634 G. Barry Disc. Mil. Discipline vi. 44 The Professores of the noble arte of warr are bounde in all places to be varie and vigilante, and continually feare of sodaine improvided disgraces.

1865 R. R. Collier Right Way restoring Late Rebel States (ed. 2) 30 We, the people of the State, desire only that the improvided situation in which we are plunged, on a sudden..shall be relieved by a resort to the received maxims of civil liberty.

4. For which no provision, arrangement, or preparation has been made; spec. (of a person) for whom no provision has been made in terms of financial support or maintenance. Cf. unprovided adj. 2, unprovided adj. 3c.

a. In attributive use. rare.

ΚΠ

1722 I. Kimber et al. Hist. Eng. I. 518 The Inconvenience of raising a Widow to his Bed, who could bring nothing with her but her improvided Issue.

1905 H. E. White in A. C. Humphreys Lect. Notes Business Features Eng. Pract. 18 The courts extend no protection to the maker of an improvided contract.

1947 Columbia Law Rev. 47 1276 Except in the unusual cases where there are gaps in the legal rules, cases which are therefore called ‘marginal’ or ‘improvided’ cases—law-suits seldom occur.

†b. In predicative use. Chiefly in improvided for. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1841 D. J. McCord Statutes at Large S. Carolina App. 776 Remaining, which seems to be improvided for, 4000 [pounds].

1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 22 Dec. The moral condition of the people was so improvided since 1822.

1857 Vermont Chron. 8 Dec. 1/4 It appears that the schools referred to, are mostly attended by the poorer classes, and that the middle class is mostly improvided for by any diocesan establishments.

1882 Preston Guardian 12 Aug. 3/2 Her husband had frequently left her and her family improvided for, and when he returned he abused her.

1884 Decisions Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court, & Bankruptcy Court Mauritius 1883 99/2 It is not probable that parties to a deed would have left such an important subject entirely improvided for.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	improvided
释义	improvidedadj. Brit. /ˌɪmprəˈvʌɪdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌɪmprəˈvaɪdᵻd/ Forms: α. see im- prefix² and provided conj. and adj. β. 1500s inprovided. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: im- prefix², provided adj. Etymology: < im- prefix² + provided adj. Compare earlier unprovided adj.With the β. forms compare in- prefix⁴. †1. Unprepared; not in a state of readiness. Cf. unprovided adj. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] ungraitha1350 undisposedc1380 unreadya1400 dispurveyed14.. unpurveyedc1410 unrayedc1425 unwarnishedc1425 unprovided?a1439 unprepared1528 unprovided for1542 improvided1548 unfurnished1549 unpreparate1575 ungirt1579 disappointed1604 imprompt1760 unaneled1760 unapt1849 flat-footed1912 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward IV f. ccxlvij^v He was in ieopardye of hys lyfe, and all improuided for dread of death, coacted..to sayle vnto Fraunce. 1559 W. Cecil Let. 26 July in Relations Politiques des Pays-Bas et de l'Angleterre (1882) I. 573 I thought meete to enforme you of ye hole circunstance yt..ye shuld not be improvided what to saye. 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 109 He was not to hope for any aide from Maximilian, for that hee was altogether improuided. 1789 H. Mustafa tr. Ghulam Husain Khan Sëir Mutaqherin II. 369 They remonstrated to them..how improvided they were against a siege. †2. Not equipped with the necessary provisions or resources; not provided or supplied with a specified thing (formerly also with †of); lacking something. Cf. unprovided adj. 3a, 3b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > not provided or equipped with something unbounda1300 unpurveyed?1397 unprovided1513 unprovided1530 unbestoweda1535 improvided1569 dispurveyed1574 unsupplied1599 unaccommodated1608 unprepared1608 disprovided1864 1569 T. Stocker tr. Diodorus Siculus Hist. Successors Alexander xliii. f. 98^v We to defend our liberty haue chosen this place improuided of all things meete and necessarie for the life and maintenance of any other nation, but liue here like sauage and wilde beastes. 1785 J. Adams Let. 15 Dec. in Virginia Mag. Hist. (1943) 51 130 Instead of attempting an History, he was wholly improvided of Materials for composing, I wished he would read over our Constitutions and give the world his thoughts upon them. 1840 W. H. Maxwell Life Duke of Wellington II. xiv. 231 With an improvided army, he must cross an exhausted country, from which all that rapine and ingenuity could glean had been already gathered. 1879 Rep. Poor Law Union & Lunacy Inq. Comm. (Ireland) App. B. 172/2 in Parl. Papers 1878–9 (C. 2239) XVII. No danger need be apprehended that any sick poor person will be improvided with proper medical attendance. 1905 St. Louis Med. Rev. 16 Sept. 241/1 Discretionary powers for the St. Louis Health authorities in dealing with persons coming from infected districts improvided with health certificates. 1908 Cold Storage & Ice Trade Jrnl. Oct. 45/1 The European markets are improvided in May and June. †3. Unforeseen; unexpected. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > quality of being unforeseen > [adjective] unweenOE unpurveyeda1382 unprovideda1500 unprovised?a1500 improvided1590 unforeseen1651 unforeknown1667 unpredicted1792 unforeboded1818 uncalculated1828 unforetold1846 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. xii. sig. M3^v To worke new woe and improuided scath. 1634 G. Barry Disc. Mil. Discipline vi. 44 The Professores of the noble arte of warr are bounde in all places to be varie and vigilante, and continually feare of sodaine improvided disgraces. 1865 R. R. Collier Right Way restoring Late Rebel States (ed. 2) 30 We, the people of the State, desire only that the improvided situation in which we are plunged, on a sudden..shall be relieved by a resort to the received maxims of civil liberty. 4. For which no provision, arrangement, or preparation has been made; spec. (of a person) for whom no provision has been made in terms of financial support or maintenance. Cf. unprovided adj. 2, unprovided adj. 3c. a. In attributive use. rare. ΚΠ 1722 I. Kimber et al. Hist. Eng. I. 518 The Inconvenience of raising a Widow to his Bed, who could bring nothing with her but her improvided Issue. 1905 H. E. White in A. C. Humphreys Lect. Notes Business Features Eng. Pract. 18 The courts extend no protection to the maker of an improvided contract. 1947 Columbia Law Rev. 47 1276 Except in the unusual cases where there are gaps in the legal rules, cases which are therefore called ‘marginal’ or ‘improvided’ cases—law-suits seldom occur. †b. In predicative use. Chiefly in improvided for. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1841 D. J. McCord Statutes at Large S. Carolina App. 776 Remaining, which seems to be improvided for, 4000 [pounds]. 1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 22 Dec. The moral condition of the people was so improvided since 1822. 1857 Vermont Chron. 8 Dec. 1/4 It appears that the schools referred to, are mostly attended by the poorer classes, and that the middle class is mostly improvided for by any diocesan establishments. 1882 Preston Guardian 12 Aug. 3/2 Her husband had frequently left her and her family improvided for, and when he returned he abused her. 1884 Decisions Supreme Court, Vice-Admiralty Court, & Bankruptcy Court Mauritius 1883 99/2 It is not probable that parties to a deed would have left such an important subject entirely improvided for. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1548
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