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单词 unbacked
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unbackedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbakt/, U.S. /ˌənˈbækt/
Etymology: un- prefix1 2.
1. Of horses: Unmounted; untrained.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > temperament > [adjective] > not broken in or trained
uncorsayeda1400
undaunted1422
unbroken1538
rough1542
unhandled1558
unbacked1593
unmade1632
unbrokea1716
breachy1780
outlawed1893
1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. Ciijv The vnbackt breeder full of feare, Iealous of catching, swiftly doth forsake him. View more context for this quotation
1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. v. 98 A stubborne Nagge of Galloway; Or vnback'd Iennet, or a Flaunders Mare.
1656 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. II. iv. 8 Being demanded how the Learned differ from the unlearned, he answered, as Horses unback'd from such as are well manag'd.
1753 W. Hogarth Anal. Beauty xvii. 223 A fine Arabian war-horse, unbacked, and at liberty, and in a wanton trot.
1787 Generous Attachment II. 66 My Louisa's long unbacked mare..frisked like a fawn across the neighbouring meadow.
2.
a. Not backed or supported; not endorsed.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > contrary evidence > [adjective] > not supported or corroborated
unsworea1400
unsupported1420
unbacked1609
unsworna1623
disconfirmatory1949
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > [adjective] > supported > not
discounselled1480
stayless1587
unstayed1594
unpropped1608
unseconded1608
unbacked1609
unpartied1641
unsustained1697
unupheld1827
1609 S. Daniel Civile Wares (rev. ed.) iii. lxxix. 83 He..will not auouch thy fact, But let the weight of thine owne infamie Fall on thee, vnsupported, and vnbackt.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica To Rdr. Nor is reason unback'd with better principles mathematically satisfiable in matters of this kind.
1658 Earl of Monmouth tr. P. Paruta Hist. Venice ii. i. 34 Most..were new men, and unexperienced, especially being unback'd by Horse.
1846 C. G. F. Gore Sketches Eng. Char. (1852) 115 A sucking politician unbacked by parliamentary interest.
1854 H. Miller My Schools & Schoolmasters (1858) 548 They were in danger of being put down, unbacked by the popular support which in such a cause they deserved.
1892 Daily News 25 May 2/3 An arrangement which gives only an unbacked promise of half interest.
b. Not backed by betting.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [adjective] > not backed by betting
unbacked1883
1883 Times 22 Oct. 10/2 This year he took part in the race for the Great Yarmouth Handicap,..but he was unbacked and unplaced.
3. Not furnished with a back or backing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > position at the back > [adjective] > having (spec. kind of) back part > not having a back or backing
unbacked1861
1861 Daily Tel. 19 Aug. The target fired at was an unbacked slab of wrought iron.
1895 I. K. Funk et al. Standard Dict. Eng. Lang. II. Unbacked, having no back, as a stool.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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