unpropheticadj.n.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈfɛtɪk/, U.S.

/ˌənprəˈfɛdɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, prophetic adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + prophetic adj. Compare slightly earlier unprophetical adj. and earlier unprophetically adv.

Not prophetic; that fails to foresee or predict correctly. Also as n.: unprophetic people as a class. Cf. unprophetical adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective] > not prophetic

unprophetical1725

unprophetic1726

1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxii. 13 Wretch that he was, of unprophetic soul!

1728 R. Savage Bastard 47 Thus unprophetic, lately misinspir'd, I sung.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Ginevra in Posthumous Poems (1824) 233 Unprophetic of the coming hours, The matin winds..awaken The earth.

1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. viii. 112 Alas, ye unprophetic..!

1886 Ld. Tennyson Ode Opening Colonial & Indian Exhib. iii. 10 Unprophetic rulers they.

1922 Educ. Rev. Feb. 117 There are certain ideas abroad that seem to the present writer distinctly fractional and unprophetic.

2011 P. Eade Prince Philip xiv. 185 A copy of the Daily Express from 1939..bearing the unprophetic headline ‘No War This Year’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unprophetic
释义	unpropheticadj.n. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnprəˈfɛtɪk/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈfɛdɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, prophetic adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + prophetic adj. Compare slightly earlier unprophetical adj. and earlier unprophetically adv. Not prophetic; that fails to foresee or predict correctly. Also as n.: unprophetic people as a class. Cf. unprophetical adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective] > not prophetic unprophetical1725 unprophetic1726 1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxii. 13 Wretch that he was, of unprophetic soul! 1728 R. Savage Bastard 47 Thus unprophetic, lately misinspir'd, I sung. a1822 P. B. Shelley Ginevra in Posthumous Poems (1824) 233 Unprophetic of the coming hours, The matin winds..awaken The earth. 1843 T. Carlyle Past & Present ii. viii. 112 Alas, ye unprophetic..! 1886 Ld. Tennyson Ode Opening Colonial & Indian Exhib. iii. 10 Unprophetic rulers they. 1922 Educ. Rev. Feb. 117 There are certain ideas abroad that seem to the present writer distinctly fractional and unprophetic. 2011 P. Eade Prince Philip xiv. 185 A copy of the Daily Express from 1939..bearing the unprophetic headline ‘No War This Year’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1726
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