单词 | unmastered |
释义 | unmasteredadj. Not mastered (in various senses); uncontrolled, unrestrained; (of a skill, ability, etc.) in which one has yet to gain full proficiency. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [adjective] > not overcome or overwhelmed unvanquisheda1382 unquelledc1440 unoverthrown1535 unconquered1549 unvicta1560 unvicteda1560 unmastered1565 unsubdued1590 unwon1593 unsuppressed1626 unbent1697 unbeaten1757 undefeated1819 unrouted1888 society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > completely unchecked > without guidance or leadership unmastered1565 unpruned1598 rudderless1828 unsupervised1899 the mind > possession > non-possession > fact of not being possessed or owned > [adjective] > having no owner vacant1560 unpossessed1582 unowned1611 unoweda1616 unmastered1793 ownerless1806 unattached1888 1565 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc ii. ii. sig. Ci Great is the daunger of vnmaistred might. 1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 32 If with too credent eare you list his songs..or your chast treasure open To his vnmastred importunity. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Speeches Ajax & Ulysses in Fables 475 He..cannot his unmaster'd Grief sustain, But yields to Rage. 1793 Minstrel II. 194 To appropriate to her own use these evidently unmastered treasures. 1800 S. T. Coleridge tr. F. Schiller Piccolomini iv. vii. 177 Nature.., like th' emancipated force of fire, Unmaster'd scorches..Their fine-spun webs. 1870 W. C. Bryant tr. Homer Iliad I. 145 Lest, taking flight, they range Unmastered when they hear thy voice no more. 1973 New Scientist 18 Jan. 146/2 But this is not to boast of a lately acquired and so far unmastered skill. 1992 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Mar. 3/4 The area of admitted incompetence is smaller and more easily identified (the infant and physically unmastered stages). 2013 Cape Argus (Nexis) 20 Nov. (Entertainment section) 4 The two composers, vocalists and guitarists are not even blinking as they listen to the unmastered tracks of their first joint debut EP. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1565 |
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