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单词 unadopted
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unadoptedadj.

Brit. /ˌʌnəˈdɒptᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈdɑptəd/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, adopted adj.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + adopted adj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > quality of being exclusive > [adjective] > not included or admitted
unadopted1659
society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > road > [adjective] > adopted by local authority > not
unadopted1938
1659 J. Milton Civil Power in Wks. (1851) V. 328 Hence it planely appeers, that if we be not free we are not sons, but still servants unadopted.
1765 J. Langhorne Observ. Collins' Ode to Evening Blank verse.., though it has been generally received in the latter [kind of poetry], it is yet unadopted in the former.
1902 Westm. Gaz. 27 Oct. 4/2 Put aside, too, and unadopted by the Jewish writers are the statements of the extreme critical..school.
1938 Times 31 May (Building Soc. No.) ix/3 Roads are either adopted or unadopted.
1963 Times 18 May 10/7 It is virtually undistinguished except for the number of roughly surfaced streets compelling a glance at signs proclaiming that they are unadopted.
1970 ‘J. Burke’ Four Stars for Danger ii. 21 That road up to Bryncroeso Hall is unadopted. If the people at the Hall don't want to do anything about it, nobody's going to make them.
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