† unprosperableadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Not bringing prosperity.
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unexpedientc1449
discommendable?1537
unpolitic1548
politicless1556
disagreeing1568
impolitica1600
inexpedient1608
unpractical1638
unpolitical1643
unpractic1657
uncounsellablea1674
uneligible1690
unprosperable1690
impolitical1748
unadvisable1758
ineligible1779
inadvisable1782
1690 C. Ness Compl. Hist. & Myst. Old & New Test. I. 298 Solitariness..is an unprofitable and unprosperable thing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1690- bring to naught
- bring to nought
- bring to one's bow
- bring to one's state
- bring to one's wit's end
- bring to pass
- bring to pot
- bring to proof
- bring to purpose
- bring to reason
- bring to remembrance
- bring to rights
- bring to speech
- bring to stall
- bring to state
- bring to terms
- bring to the bullring
- bring to the earth
- bring to the gangway
- bring to the ground
- bring to the halberds
- bring to the hammer
- bring to the ladder
- bring to the market
- bring to the neck-verse