单词 | ungreen |
释义 | ungreenadj. (un- prefix1 1: cf. Old English ungréne, Dutch ongroen, Middle High German ungrüene.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > productiveness > unproductiveness > [adjective] unbearingc825 deafc897 westyOE wastumlessc975 wilderna1050 drya1340 gelda1350 barren1377 unfructuousa1382 poora1387 ungreenc1400 infecundc1420 farrow1494 fruitlessa1513 unfruitful1531 sterile1552 hungry1577 penurious1594 unfertile1596 infertile1598 howling1611 ungenitureda1616 arid1656 infecundous1661 ungendering1706 yeld1721 unproductive1725 infructuose1727 ungenerative1733 fallow1791 nihili-parturient1812 dowf1824 wastec1825 non-productive1830 unreproductive1836 infructuous1860 unvintaged1869 increative1877 ablastemic1881 submarginal1895 c1400 Rom. Rose 4749 May devoide of al delite With seer braunches, blossoms vngrene. 1838 E. B. Barrett Seraphim & Other Poems ii. 32 I see her vales, ungreen Where steps of man have been! Draft additions 1993 2. Harmful to the environment; not ecologically or environmentally acceptable. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmful or injurious > to or for some thing or person > to the environment ecocidal1970 ecotoxic1978 unfriendly1978 ungreen1988 1988 Washington Post 3 June a18/1 People got a good..look at the Chesapeake Bay and some of the ungreen shoreline that has been choking it. 1989 Guardian Weekly 30 July 23 Its core business is in the ungreen area of cigarettes. 1990 Independent 29 Jan. 2 Another was questioning the party's emphasis on taxation, rather than legislation,..as a means to discourage ungreen behaviour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1924; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c1400 |
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