unawakenedadj.
/ˌʌnəˈweɪk(ə)nd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈweɪkənd/ (un- prefix1 2.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > state of being awake > [adjective] > wakened > not
unwaked1390
unwakened1626
unawaked1647
unawakened1705
1705 F. Atterbury Serm. St. James's Chapel 15 Every day the Impression loses somewhat of its Force,..till at length it comes..to operate..faintly upon careless unawaken'd Minds.
1762 J. Wesley Jrnl. 29 July (1827) III. 103 A harmless, unawakened..woman came to one of the meetings for prayer.
1820 P. B. Shelley Ode to West Wind v, in Prometheus Unbound 192 Be through my lips to unawakened earth The trumpet of a prophecy.
1860 W. L. Collins Luck of Ladysmede (1862) I. 275 The eyes..in whose soft depths a mighty unawakened love had seemed always sleeping.
1899 Educ. Rev. Dec. 472 The dull and unawakened have their rights.
Derivatives
unaˈwakenedness n.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > [noun]
sleepc897
restc1175
passibilityc1485
slumber1554
cessation1603
quiescence1625
torpor1626
quiescency1629
inaction1638
inactivity1640
vacation1644
unactiveness1647
non-acting1648
passiveness1648
requiescence1654
unactivity1654
inertness1661
passivity1667
inactiveness1678
unaction1698
stagnation1711
supinity1725
immechanism1740
inertion1756
repose1757
lifelessness1833
stagnancy1837
unawakenedness1879
stasis1920
1879 G. Meredith Egoist x Chewing the cud in the happy pastures of unawakenedness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1705