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单词 undear
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undearadj.

Etymology: Old English undeore (see un- prefix1 1 and dear adj.1), = Middle Dutch ondiere, -dure, -duyr (older Dutch ondier), Old High German undiuri, -tiuri (Middle High German untiure), Old Norse údýrr (Icelandic ódýr).Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈdear.
1. Of little value or estimation; worthless, cheap. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little worth
undearc897
little worthc1175
sorry1372
petitc1390
simplec1440
noughty1508
quadrant1589
weak1600
cheapa1604
patch panel1606
unprizablea1616
petite1766
Sears-Roebuck1917
c897 K. Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care lvii. 439 He nemde ða undiorestan wyrta ðe on wyrttunum weaxe.
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 130 Uile ualet, undeor hit is.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 299 Vndeore he makeð god. & to unwurð mid alle. þe for ei worldlich luue his luue trukeð.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 16034 Parfai, pilate, wel þou aght to hald him ful vn-dere.
2. Not dear; not regarded with affection.
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the mind > emotion > love > loved one > [adjective] > not beloved
lovelessc1330
unloved?a1425
unbeloved1596
unadored1626
undear1748
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa IV. xxii. 105 So hasty, dearest Madam!—And so slow, un-dearest Sir, I could have said.
1790 F. Burney Diary Oct. V. 182 Adieu, my dear friends! Adieu—undear December!
1881 A. R. Ellis Sylvestra II. 76 One art Sylvestra gained, not undear to her,..the getting-up of ‘small linen’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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