unirradiatedadj.
/ˌʌnɪˈreɪdɪeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənᵻˈreɪdiˌɛɪdᵻd/ 1. Not illuminated by rays of light; figurative not lightened by some positive or beneficial influence.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > intellectual ignorance > [adjective]
thestera900
thestria900
blindc1000
darkc1350
lightless?1406
obscurea1500
mistya1522
blinded1535
unilluminated1579
unlightened1587
stone-blind1596
endarkened1612
dark1628
benighted1637
unenlightened1650
bedarkened1655
unirradiated1792
darkened1856
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > inspiration or revelation > [adjective] > not
darkc1350
mistya1522
natural1526
endarkened1612
benighted1637
uninspired1700
unirradiated1792
darkened1856
the world > matter > light > illumination > [adjective] > illuminated or lit up > lit by rays > not
unirradiated1792
1792 H. Hunter Sacred Biogr. VI. ix. 213 The future spreads a gloom unirradiated by a single gleam of hope.
1806 C. Symmons Life Milton 544 A mind not unirradiated with the golden visions of fancy.
1816 S. T. Coleridge Statesman's Man. App. p. xi The understanding.., unirradiated by the reason and the spirit.
1914 Review July 340 An animal life, a life unirradiated by hope or aspiration or sentiment or by the striving for beauty.
2. Not exposed to ionizing radiation.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment by radiation > [adjective] > treated with X-rays > not
unirradiated1926
1926 Proc. Royal Soc. London B. 100 417 An unirradiated culture was used as a control.
1955 Radiation Res. 2 364 When both haploid cells were unirradiated, zygote formation occurred in about 95% of the pairs.
2010 Press & Jrnl. (Aberdeen) (Nexis) 19 Aug. 3 The NDA is already under fire for transporting 44 tonnes of unirradiated plutonium and highly enriched uranium the length of Scotland by rail.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1792