unactedadj.
1.
a. Not acted or carried out in action; unperformed.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out
undonec1380
unsped1390
unperformed1442
unwroughtc1480
unaccomplished1525
unexecuted1585
unled1586
uneffected1592
unacted1594
uncommitted1598
unhatched1601
unachieved1603
unpaida1616
unperpetrated1646
undischarged1709
uninflicted1757
unredeemed1812
untransactedc1825
unenacted1827
undelivered1895
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. E1v The fault vnknowne, is as a thought vnacted . View more context for this quotation
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 52 To leaue no meanes vnacted which might both assure them more, and him selfe with them.
?1680 T. Jordan Muses Melody sig. [ ][ ]4v Must I For some offence unacted, or unknown, Be tortur'd thus..?
1706 Epist. from Elector of Bavaria 290 My sons lament, in distant dungeons thrown, Unacted crimes, and follies not their own.
1790 W. Blake Marriage Heaven & Hell Pl. 10 Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
1825 W. Scott Talisman iv, in Tales Crusaders IV. 69 I would buy with every jewel I have, that our fatal jest had remained unacted.
b. Const. on, upon.
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the world > action or operation > operation upon something > [adjective] > involving subjection to action or influence > affected or influenced > not > by some agent or influence
unleavened1596
unacted1794
unaffected1830
1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. III. xxiv. 16 A mass of [units] lying together, unacted upon by a mechanical material agency.
1825 T. Hook Sayings & Doings 2nd Ser. II. 314 I wish you to peruse it alone, and unacted upon by any extraneous influence.
1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 67 The second portion remains unacted on in the liquid.
2. Not acted upon; unformed. rare.
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the world > space > shape > lack of shape > [adjective] > unformed or not shaped
unformeda1340
unshapenc1350
unfashioned1538
unshaped1572
informed?1609
indigested1613
unmoulded1620
ineffigiate1657
unacted1700
1700 W. Shippen in Rowe Amb. Step-Moth. iii. ii When Matter yet unacted lay.
3. Not performed on the stage. Also absol. as n., those whose plays are not acted.
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