unappliedadj.
/ˌʌnəˈplʌɪd/, U.S. /ˌənəˈplaɪd/ Not applied, in various senses.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > not applied or put in force
unexercisedc1374
unapplied?1529
unmintedc1536
unapplianced1844
?1529 R. Hyrde tr. J. L. Vives Instr. Christen Woman i. i. sig. C Quintilian in his boke where he doth instruct and teche an oratour, wylleth his begynnyng and entrance to be taken from the cradell, and no tyme to be slacked vnapplyed towarde thende and purpose of the faculte entended.
1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Vv2 Because they..were men dedicated, to a priuate, free, and vnapplied course of life. View more context for this quotation
1681 J. Flavell Method of Grace i. 2 Never was any wound healed by a prepared, but unapplied plaister.
1751 W. Warburton in Wks. of Alexander Pope IV. 28 (note) While a character is unapplied, all the various parts of it will be considered together.
1785 J. Phillips Treat. Inland Navigation 39 The money would lie useless and unapplied a great part of the time.
1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. xxxii. 317 We may remark that the sea itself offers a perennial source of power hitherto almost unapplied.
1889 S. Walpole Life Ld. J. Russell I. 272 The remedies which Lord John had desired to provide were still unapplied.
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