unexercisedadj.
1. Not employed or made use of; not put in force or practised.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out > not practised
unexercisedc1374
unpractised1531
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > not applied or put in force
unexercisedc1374
unapplied?1529
unmintedc1536
unapplianced1844
c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) ii. pr. vii. 56 Þat is to seyn, þat list þat or he wex olde, His uertue þat lay now ful stille ne sholde nat perisshe vnexcercised in gouernaunce of comune.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. DDviii Let neuer any parte of thy good day passe and scape the vnexercised.
1562 J. Shute tr. A. Cambini in Two Comm. Turcks i. f. 19 A place wherein no filthie exercise was left vnexercised.
1635 R. Brathwait tr. M. Silesio Arcadian Princesse 19 Their Comitiall courts like desarts, wilde and unexercised.
1703 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion II. ix. 509 The Enemy left no manner of barbarous cruelty unexercised that day.
1796 F. Burney Camilla II. iv. i. 278 Her judgment and penetration had been wholly unexercised.
1893 A. M. Fairbairn in W. B. Selbie Life A. M. Fairbairn (1914) vii. 247 Certain faculties would remain unexercised.
2. Not taking exercise; remaining inactive; not put in motion; left unmoved or unstirred.
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the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moved
unstirreda1340
unmovedc1390
unremoved?a1425
unsturted1535
unexercised1562
immote1601
irremoved1622
unagitated1638
undisturbed1656
indisturbed1664
instirred1677
unswayed1851
society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [adjective] > condition or fitness
unexercised1562
fine1815
well-girt1816
fit1869
questionable1941
match-fit1960
on-form1965
1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. f. 6, in 2nd Pt. Herball Some other [men]..eat euell and vnholsome meates,..and then being vnexercised..make much euill humours.
1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 273 Be not afraid..of this sluggish and vnexercised people, for..they stirre not out of the citty.
1624 H. Wotton Elements Archit. i. 3 That it [sc. air] be not..vndigested, for want of sunne, not unexercised for want of winde.
3. Of persons: Not accustomed or prepared by training or practice; untrained.
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society > education > [adjective] > educated or taught > not educated
untowenc1000
unnurtured1548
unlessonedc1555
unkent1570
unexercised1577
uneducate?1592
unlectured1593
unschooled1593
untutored1594
unconfirmed1598
uneducated1598
unedifieda1625
indoct1677
uncultivated1685
unformed1711
unsuppled1761
teachless1819
uninaugurated1823
Philistinian1931
the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > not prepared by training, etc.
unexercised1577
unbreathed1590
1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. i. iii. sig. B.iiijv/1 Wherby we gather, that the scripture is difficulte or obscure to the vnlearned, vnskilfull, vnexercised, and malicious..willes.
1623 J. Bingham tr. Lipsius Compar. Rom. Warres in Xenophon Hist. An vnexercised Souldier is alwaies raw, though he haue serued neuer so long.
1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (xii. 11) iii. 298 This teacheth us..to fit and prepare our selves for tryals. An unexercised man will not dare to enter into the list.
1702 L. Echard Gen. Eccl. Hist. iii. iii. 341 Some few..being unprepar'd and unexercis'd, through Fear and Frailty fell away.
1768 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued II. i. 301 Unexercised in their understandings and unpractised in the ways of men.
1802 Lamb Cooke's Rich. III in Wks. (1908) I. 47 Breaking out into..plaudits at its own success, like an unexercised noviciate in tricks.
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