unspedadj.

Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsped.

(a) Not having succeeded in an errand or effort. (b) Not accomplished or discharged; not brought to a successful result or issue.

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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective]

unsped1390

unprosperous1496

speedlessa1542

successless1584

abortive1593

still-born1600

unsuccessful1617

unsuccessive1617

unsucceeding1639

insuccessful1646

birthless1649

failed1655

misproving1798

inconclusive1841

abortional1843

nonsuccessful1867

also-ran1900

the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective] > specifically of persons

unsped1390

empty-handed1573

empty1583

speedless1586

unsuccessful1659

unattaining1834

fruitless1843

raté1949

the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out

undonec1380

unsped1390

unperformed1442

unwroughtc1480

unaccomplished1525

unexecuted1585

unled1586

uneffected1592

unacted1594

uncommitted1598

unhatched1601

unachieved1603

unpaida1616

unperpetrated1646

undischarged1709

uninflicted1757

unredeemed1812

untransactedc1825

unenacted1827

undelivered1895

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 293 So was he come ayein unsped.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17596 For-þi þaa Iuus war full medd, þair sandes come again vn-spedd.

1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 82 That prayer..is neuer lefte vnspedde.

a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) xxxviii. f. 67^v Nor for all the affaires of his house, he wolde not leaue one of thempire vnsped.

a1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) IV. 617/8 Onsped speche bettir vnspokin be.

1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xiii. xxiv To Athens, gown'd, he goes, and..Returnes unsped.

1717 S. Garth in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. 496 Thus Diomedes. Venulus withdraws; Unsped the Service of the common Cause.

1895 R. Bridges Ode to Music iv. iii When the winds fatigued..Have left the drooping banks unsped.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	unsped
释义	unspedadj. Etymology: un- prefix¹ 2b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsped. (a) Not having succeeded in an errand or effort. (b) Not accomplished or discharged; not brought to a successful result or issue. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective] unsped1390 unprosperous1496 speedlessa1542 successless1584 abortive1593 still-born1600 unsuccessful1617 unsuccessive1617 unsucceeding1639 insuccessful1646 birthless1649 failed1655 misproving1798 inconclusive1841 abortional1843 nonsuccessful1867 also-ran1900 the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [adjective] > specifically of persons unsped1390 empty-handed1573 empty1583 speedless1586 unsuccessful1659 unattaining1834 fruitless1843 raté1949 the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out undonec1380 unsped1390 unperformed1442 unwroughtc1480 unaccomplished1525 unexecuted1585 unled1586 uneffected1592 unacted1594 uncommitted1598 unhatched1601 unachieved1603 unpaida1616 unperpetrated1646 undischarged1709 uninflicted1757 unredeemed1812 untransactedc1825 unenacted1827 undelivered1895 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis III. 293 So was he come ayein unsped. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 17596 For-þi þaa Iuus war full medd, þair sandes come again vn-spedd. 1530 Myroure Oure Ladye (Fawkes) (1873) ii. 82 That prayer..is neuer lefte vnspedde. a1533 Ld. Berners tr. A. de Guevara Golden Bk. M. Aurelius (1537) xxxviii. f. 67^v Nor for all the affaires of his house, he wolde not leaue one of thempire vnsped. a1568 in Bannatyne MS (1896) IV. 617/8 Onsped speche bettir vnspokin be. 1624 F. Quarles Iob Militant xiii. xxiv To Athens, gown'd, he goes, and..Returnes unsped. 1717 S. Garth in J. Dryden et al. tr. Ovid Metamorphoses xiv. 496 Thus Diomedes. Venulus withdraws; Unsped the Service of the common Cause. 1895 R. Bridges Ode to Music iv. iii When the winds fatigued..Have left the drooping banks unsped. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.1390
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