unpropheticaladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈfɛtɪkl/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈfɛdək(ə)l/ Now rare.
= unprophetic adj.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > prediction, foretelling > inspired prophecy > [adjective] > not prophetic
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1725 T. Woolston Moderator 108 It will not be possible for me..to shew many of their prophetical and unprophetical Passages of the Old Testament.
1743 J. Ellis Knowl. Divine Things iv. 254 How unprophetical would it be, to say they should some time know what they already knew?
1852 Bristol Mercury 5 June 6/1 His unprophetical ignorance of the obligations imposed on Commissioners and Town-councils.
1900 H. Flowerdew Realist i. 15 Yorke's croaking..had not been entirely unprophetical.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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