unkindredadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈkɪndrᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈkɪndrᵻd/ That is not kindred; that has different qualities, origins, characteristics, etc.; unrelated; unlike, dissimilar.With quot. 2007 cf. kindred spirit n. at kindred n. and adj. Compounds.
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1701 W. Shippen Hymn to Sun in N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iii. ii*. 40 Conscious of superior birth, Despises this unkindred Earth.
1783 H. C. C. Newman Love of our Country 13 Mingle with unkindred souls in fight.
1804 ‘E. de Acton’ Tale without Title III. 75 Their souls, unkindred, can never understand our language.
1865 Spectator 14 Jan. 42 Not quite unkindred to this fact is the other.
1927 P. Mackaye Epoch I. xiv. 401 Foiled by a maze of unkindred financial problems.
1974 Financial Times 17 Jan. 24/8 While not wanting to move into totally unknown or unkindred areas, there is a desire to look at things new.
2007 National Rev. (Nexis) 19 Nov. She is surrounded by unkindred spirits.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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