unleftadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɛft/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɛft/ Somewhat rare.
Not left (in various senses of leave v.1).
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the mind > possession > [adjective] > possessing > not deprived of something
undeprived1564
unleft1598
unforlorn1635
unshorn1818
unbereft1820
the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > remaining as opposed to going > remained or not gone
ungone1572
unleft1598
unquit1605
unquitted1713
untranslated1745
undismisseda1800
the mind > possession > retaining > [adjective] > retained > not abandoned
unforlet1513
unleft1598
unforsaken1648
unforsook1838
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ii. 40 Yet were his men vnleft Without a chiefe.
1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck v. sig. K4 Your Father..Would blush on your behalfe, and wish his Countrey Vnleft.
1659 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1920) IV. 179 All malladies and goutes vnleft behynde at Bathe.
1870 R. W. Landis Cross vii. 147 Should their posts, unleft before, resign To meet our thundering charge?
2011 M. Gordon Love of my Youth (2012) 50 It doesn't occur to us that it may be a bad mark, undistinguished or corrupt, a mark that would be better unleft.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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