unacquiredadj.
1. Not acquired; unattained.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out > not attained
unacquired1653
unarrived1658
unattaineda1674
1653 Bp. J. Taylor Serm. for Year I. xii. 154 The work of God is left imperfect, and our persons ungracious, and our ends unacquired.
1656 W. Montagu tr. J. Du Bosc Accomplish'd Woman Ep. Ded. So that this cannot enform your understanding in any new unacquired grace or vertue.
2. Not obtained from without; innate.
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the world > existence and causation > existence > intrinsicality or inherence > [adjective] > innate or natural
i-cundeeOE
fleshly971
kindlyOE
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naturalc1275
kindc1390
innatea1420
nativea1425
inborn1513
innative1513
habitual1526
ingenerate1531
instincta1538
innated1545
inset1545
of one's nativity1582
inbreda1592
connatural1599
prognatec1600
ingenious1601
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congenite1610
connativea1618
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habituous1633
veined1633
genial1646
connatea1652
relollacean1654
relollaceous1657
relolleous1662
congenial1664
complanted1668
ingrown1670
ingenerated1677
unborrowed1704
cogenite1712
born1741
naturable1771
unacquired1793
congenerous1813
congenital1848
ingrain1852
indigenousa1864
ingenital1886
wired-in1957
1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) xxix. 136 Can we call this feeling, internal unacquired sensation?
1870 J. R. Lowell Among my Bks. 1st Ser. 164 We recognize his truth to Nature by an innate and unacquired sympathy.
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