uncuredadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkjʊəd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkjʊəd/, /(ˌ)ʌnˈkjɔːd/, /(ˌ)ʌŋˈkjɔːd/, U.S. /ˌənˈkjʊ(ə)rd/ 1. Not healed or restored to health; not remedied.figurative.1609 B. Jonson Case is Alterd iii. sig. I3 I am ashamd That my extreame affection to my sonne, Should giue my honour so vncur'd a maine.1642 T. Fuller Holy State ii. xxiv. 152 Thus..the Wounds to the Commonwealth (in the breach of the Laws) are left uncured.a1683 J. Owen Two Disc. Holy Spirit (1693) 74 The uncured Darkness of their Minds.1793 W. Cowper Stanzas for Year 33 That want, uncur'd.., Speaks him a criminal, assur'd Of everlasting death.1884 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 12 170 The blot in the proceedings of the respondent still remains uncured.
a. Of wounds, diseases, etc.
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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] > put right or amended > not
incorrect1435
unremedied1469
unamended1525
unredeemed1526
uncured1548
unretouched1856
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > characteristics > [adjective] > not cured or healed
unhealed?c1225
unsounded1420
uncured1548
unreduced1705
unimproved1879
1548 T. Cooper Bibliotheca Eliotæ (rev. ed.) Incuratus,..vncured, vnhealed.
1598 A. M. tr. J. Guillemeau Frenche Chirurg. 30 b/1 The perforation of the artery tarrieth vncured and open.
1676 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Iliads 119 Let them imbark at least in haste, and bear Along with them their wounds uncured home.
1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe III. xiii. 342 Thy wounds are uncured—Meet not that proud man.
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 742 The mother had milk-fever and abscess of breast. This last remained uncured.
b. Of persons. Also figurative.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > incurable or uncured
uncurablea1425
unconvalesced1590
uncured1601
unrecruitable1644
unrecovered1682
unrestored1742
1601 Sir W. Brown in Collins Lett. & Mem. State (1746) II. 228 The hurt Men that lye in the Streets, vncured, for Want of Surgins, make..a noysom Smell.
1674 R. Godfrey Var. Injuries in Physick 150 Many times..they go uncured through deficiency in Medicine.
a1797 E. Burke Ess. Abridgm. Eng. Hist. (rev. ed.) in Wks. (1812) V. 631 Uncured by his misfortunes of a loose generosity,..he mortgaged every branch of his revenue.
1825 W. Scott Talisman i, in Tales Crusaders IV. 18 We physicians are sworn not to send away a patient uncured.
1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VII. 683 It does not appear that there is any material difference in the percentage of cured and uncured cases.
2. Not dressed or prepared for keeping.
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society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > [adjective]
rough1364
rudec1384
crudec1386
rawa1398
unwroughtc1400
unwerkedc1430
uncured1622
unmanufactured1644
unworked1730
1622 in W. Foster Eng. Factories India 1622–3 (1908) 103 [4000 pieces of cloth,] most partt uncurd, but ours are all cured.
1771 Philos. Trans. 1770 (Royal Soc.) 60 304 The certain consequence..will be, that maggots will be generated in such uncured parts [of stuffed birds].
1828 J. M. Spearman Brit. Gunner 77 Cartridges, uncured.
1883 F. Day Indian Fish 3 Inland places having no special facilities for carriage do not receive uncured sea fish in a wholesome condition.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > land suitable for cultivation > [adjective] > cleared > not cleared or overgrown
unclean?1440
weedy?1440
spare1508
unweeded1604
uncleared1623
twitchy1652
uncured1719
turfy1733
mushroomed1886
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 39 I purchased as much Land that was Uncur'd, as my Money would reach.
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