单词 | unconcerned |
释义 | unconcernedadj. 1. a. Devoid of concern or interest; uninterested, indifferent, unmoved. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] carelessOE negligentc1390 recklessc1425 neutral1494 indifferent?1520 undifferentc1540 uncareful1560 unmindful1560 unaddicted1583 unmindful1585 perfunctory1602 disinteressed1603 come day, go day (God send Sunday)1616 disinteresteda1631 Laodicean1633 vacanta1639 unconcerned1645 easy1649 mawkish1679 indifferinga1694 concernless1706 unminding1714 nonchalanta1734 coolrife1768 uninterested1772 uncaring1786 tooth-picking1814 pococurante1815 pococurantish1821 insouciant1829 non-committal1829 don't-care1830 promiscuous1837 don't-carish1838 unpartial1840 noncurantist1882 noncuranta1913 casual1916 Gallionic1920 disengaged1958 1645 E. Waller Wks. 78 Such moving sounds, from such a carelesse touch, So unconcern'd her self, and wee so much. 1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling Pref. sig. a4 I have been no unconcerned..spectator of the depressions the Gentry have fallen under. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxiii. 169 Canst thou, oh cruel, unconcern'd survey Thy lost Ulysses, on this signal day? 1796 F. Burney Camilla III. v. vi. 81 See but how he smiles..in defiance of all his efforts to look unconcerned! 1823 W. Scott Peveril III. x. 256 Had Peveril come thither as an unconcerned visitor, his heart would have sunk within him. b. Const. about, at, in. ΚΠ 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed vii. 614 If there were no other judge beside our own soules, we should be..wholly unconcern'd in our own condemnations. 1694 J. Collier Misc. v. 59 To suppose, that he has made the Nature of Man such, that..he should be unconcerned about the Happiness of his Neighbour. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones II. iv. xiii. 95 He was not unconcerned at the Accident. View more context for this quotation 1823 C. Lamb Artific. Comedy in Elia 329 A passing pageant, where we should sit as unconcerned at the issues,..as at a battle of the frogs and mice. c. Of feeling, conduct, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > indifference > [adjective] > specifically of feeling or conduct unconcerned1658 1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words at Indifference A carelesse, general, and unconcerned affection. 1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. iii. vi. 419 The holy Man gave him an unconcern'd Answer. 1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 14 The same strength and depth and richness,..poured out in unconcerned profusion from the lap of nature. 1852 R. S. Surtees Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour vii. xxxvii. 201 He saw Sponge's preparations for departure with an unconcerned air. 2. Not affected by concern or anxiety; free from solicitude; undisturbed. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > emotionally detached queamishc1430 squeamish1561 dry1637 unconcerned1660 inconcerned1688 aloof1872 stocky1876 detached1913 clinical1928 1660 A. Cowley Ode Blessed Restoration 15 Me-thoughts I saw the three Judæan Youths..In the Chaldæan Furnace walk; How chearfully and unconcern'd they talk! 1685 J. Dryden Threnodia Augustalis i. 2 We liv'd as unconcern'd and happily As the first Age in Natures golden Scene. 1747 J. Hervey Contempl. Night in Medit. (1840) 226 To be utterly unconcerned, where it is the truest wisdom to take the alarm. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 226 If I had been cool and unconcerned..; but I was in a fright. 1897 M. Kingsley Trav. W. Afr. 351 I attempted to look as unconcerned as possible. 3. Indifferent or uninterested between two parties; disinterested, impartial. ΘΚΠ society > morality > rightness or justice > [adjective] > impartial indifferent1413 universal?c1450 unpartial1551 inaffectionate1558 evened1578 unpassionate1587 unaffectionate1588 affectionless1595 dispassionate1595 impartial1597 unappassionate1598 unpassioned?1605 even-handed1611 unpassionated1611 dispassioneda1631 unpropense1641 uninteressed1643 uninteresteda1646 dispassionated1647 free1653 unconcerned1664 equanimous1670 unbiased1686 both-sided1830 1664 R. Atkyns Orig. & Growth Printing Ded. C ij b I have so far prevailed upon your Royal Goodness, as to ask unconcern'd Councel what is best to be done. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 503 Each to his proper Fortune stand or fall, Equal and unconcern'd I look on all. a1718 M. Prior Democritus & Heraclitus in Poems 5 Between You both I unconcern'd stand by. 1748 T. Smollett Roderick Random I. xxx. 275 I begged to be examined by some unconcerned person on board. 4. a. Not concerned or involved, having no part or share, in something. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] > irrelevant foreigna1393 unpertinentc1400 impertinentc1450 peregrine1532 far-fet1533 exorbitant1534 unrelevant1558 stravagant1565 fremd1581 unappliable1588 misapplied1596 immaterial1598 far-fetched1607 misdevoted1623 unappertaining1645 irrelativea1657 inapposite1661 unconcerned1683 scandalous1750 uncentral1782 irrelevant1786 tangent1787 inappertinent1814 unappropriate1818 tangential1867 1683 Apol. Protestants France i. 9 The two Successors of Henry the Fourth look'd not upon themselves as unconcern'd in this Edict. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 85 They believ'd there was no part of their Civil Government uninvaded by them, and no Persons of what Quality soever unconcern'd, and..unhurt in them. 1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. iv. §14. 163 The robb of grapes..is, I should think, unconcerned in this enquiry. b. Not concerned or occupied with something. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > inattention > [adjective] > of or to something recklesseOE regardless1578 slow1667 unconcerned1667 unheeding1795 unrecking1824 irregardless1912 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > careless or heedless > of, to, or with something recklesslOE unthoughtfulc1485 inconsiderate1607 desperatea1616 wretchless1661 slow1667 unconcerned1667 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 174 The Morn, All unconcern'd with our unrest, begins Her rosie progress smiling. View more context for this quotation 1732 G. Berkeley Alciphron I. iv. xvi. 244 They were indolent Gods, unconcerned with Humane Affairs. c. Without const. Also elliptical, not affected by drink; sober. (Cf. concerned adj. 2.) ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > non-relation > [adjective] frenne1556 unlinked1587 untouching1602 positive1609 unrespectless1614 unrelating1655 inconnexive1660 unaccessory1664 unconcerned1668 extraneous1671 unrelative1700 unkindred1701 unrelated1701 unconnected1745 irrelate1845 unrelational1863 unakin1864 inconsequent1869 relationless1878 irrelated1886 disrelated1893 the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > moderation in drinking > [adjective] > sober or not drunk undrunkenc897 sobera1387 fresha1450 unfoxed1622 unliquored1642 (as) sober as a judge1682 unruffled1709 unconcerned1748 unebriate1853 1668 J. Howe Blessednesse of Righteous 5 Not..as an unconcern'd circumstance, that hath nothing to do with the businesse spoken of. 1699 R. Bentley Diss. Epist. Phalaris (new ed.) Pref. p. lxxvi It's a very difficult thing, for a person unconcern'd and out of the reach of Harm, to be a fair Arbitrator there. 1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VII. cii. 373 Mowbray and Tourville grew very noisy... As to myself, the little part I had taken in their gaiety kept me unconcerned. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1645 |
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