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单词 unbanked
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unbankedadj.1

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbaŋ(k)t/, U.S. /ˌənˈbæŋ(k)t/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, banked adj.1
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + banked adj.1In quot. 1650 perhaps < un- prefix2 + banked adj.1
1.
a. Not surrounded by or featuring banks of earth, stone, etc.; esp. (of a river or other watercourse) not having or contained between (raised) banks.
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the world > the earth > land > land mass > shore or bank > bank > [adjective] > having banks > not
bankless1612
unbanked1650
1650 Reply to State of Adventurers Case 19 How much more will it be when 'tis unbanked on the North side also.
?1724 Answer to Rep. of Level Fens 8 This old unbanked Course of the Ouse was never sufficient to carry more Water than what it received from the Four last-mentioned Rivers.
1800 T. Carbry tr. A. Valsecchi Found. Relig. II. xvi. 394 When the banks of a river are once broken down, can any thing be more preposterous than to expect, that it will not overflow on all sides, and that it must not depart from its unbanked channel?
1880 Jrnl. Royal Asiatic Soc. 12 191 The water is conducted from these various wells by ordinary unbanked channels.
1951 Bull. Calif. Dept. Agric. 40 376 Minimum temperatures dropped below freezing, hampering harvesting and causing some damage, especially in unbanked fields.
2007 D. L. Martin Our Amer. King xvii. 117 Crowds flow like an unbanked river toward the monument.
b. Of a bend on a road, sports track, etc.: not sloping upward towards the outer edge; flat, level. Also of a road, sports track, etc.: having unbanked bends.
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the world > space > relative position > inclination > [adjective] > inclined from level or sloping > not sloping
unbanked1887
1887 Viscount Bury & G. L. Hillier Cycling (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) ii. 89 The white-vested athlete flew down and up the hill and dashed at top speed round the, then unbanked, lower corner.
1891 Penny Illustr. Paper 4 July 13/4 The [cycle] track is practically unbanked, and is just about wide enough for two machines to pass.
1933 Manch. Guardian 18 Jan. 5/4 A banked corner can be taken at a higher speed than an unbanked corner.
1984 S. Dakota Rev. Spring 80 The strangest feature about this landscape was the unbanked roads.
2016 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 27 Dec. c31 Brooklyn's most popular indoor track is 200 meters long, six lanes wide and unbanked.
2. Of a fire: not covered with tightly packed fuel so as to burn slowly; not banked up.
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1907 Daily Free Press (Carbondale, Illinois) 21 Sept. You left your galley fire unbanked against orders, and your port-hole open.
1924 N.Y. Herald Tribune 23 Nov. iii. 1/7 The black of the main structure suggesting a huge coal pile, and the gold and yellow of its higher points the glow of flames of an unbanked fire.
1979 D. B. Carlson & D. Carlson Shining Pool v. 64 It was the most peaceful July in the history of Athens. Not a single juvenile arrest. Not a booking. Not even an unbanked fire on the beach.
2001 K. E. Taylor Vampire Vivienne xi. 90 A light mist had curled in, filling the corners of the room, visible only by the faint light of the embers of the unbanked fire.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

unbankedadj.2n.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnˈbaŋ(k)t/, U.S. /ˌənˈbæŋ(k)t/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, bank n.3, -ed suffix2.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + bank n.3 + -ed suffix2.
A. adj.2
That lacks access to, or does not use, a bank or banking facilities.
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1914 J. M. Keynes in Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv 3 578 Rural India is still an unbanked country.
1965 Economist 19 June p. vii One way of jerking the clearing banks into providing better facilities for the great unbanked public.
2016 Sarasota (Florida) Herald Tribune (Nexis) 26 Nov. d11 Florida reported fewer unbanked households than the national average.
B. n.
With the and plural agreement. People who lack access to, or do not use, a bank or banking facilities, considered as a class.
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1980 Amer. Banker 25 June 12/1 The statistics of the ‘unbanked’ may themselves be inaccurate or misleading.
1993 Guardian 18 Sept. 33/3 A large proportion of the ‘unbanked’ rely on state benefits, cashing their giros at post office counters.
2016 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 6 May d1/1 A last bastion for the unbanked and underbanked, pawn shops have had a negative image in popular culture.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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