单词 | unclaimed |
释义 | unclaimedadj. Not claimed; not demanded or requested as something which one owns, or to which one has a right. In later use chiefly attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > fact of not being possessed or owned > [adjective] > not claimed unclaimeda1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. vii. 87 If he be free, why then my taxing like a wild-goose flies Vnclaim'd of any. man. View more context for this quotation 1783 G. Crabbe Village ii. 27 Yet still, ye humbler friends, enjoy your hour, This is your portion, yet unclaim'd of power. 1826 R. Southey Vindiciæ Ecclesiæ Anglicanæ 306 The quiet, unassuming, unclaimed influence of the one may appear to you less than it ought to be. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. 705 Unclaimed, as Derelict. Vessels found at sea..are good prizes, if not claimed within 366 days. 1890 Belfast News-Let. 6 Jan. 6/3 Lady E. S. was requested to communicate with the trustee of an unclaimed estate. 1942 Life 14 Dec. 123/1 (caption) Men who fought the Turks in 1916 have..many unclaimed bags in Shepheard's storeroom. 1971 D. Brown Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee xv. 362 The United States government assigned Standing Bear and his band a few hundred acres of unclaimed land near the mouth of the Niobrara. 2010 Kiplinger's Personal Finance Mar. 52/1 (heading) State treasuries are holding nearly $33 billion in unclaimed assets. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1616 |
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