unfailedadj.
(un- prefix1 2.)
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the world > matter > condition of matter > state of being undecayed > [adjective]
fresheOE
soundc1290
uncorruptc1384
incorrupt1387
faira1400
recent?a1425
inconsumed1530
uncorruptedc1540
good1558
incorruptedc1593
square1628
undecayed1632
uncorroded1685
untarnished1732
unspoiled1733
unfailed1749
unwasted1758
firm1776
unspoilt1796
undegenerate1854
undeteriorated1856
unvitiated1864
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > [adjective] > certain to succeed > not failing or having failed
unmiscarrying return1642
undisappointed1750
unfailed1827
1749 J. Cleland Mem. Woman of Pleasure II. 239 My breasts..unfail'd in firmness.
1827 R. Pollok Course of Time I. v. 224 When on the glittering dews of orient life, Shone sunshine hopes unfailed, unperjured then.
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