单词 | unprovision |
释义 | † unprovisionn. Obsolete. Lack of provision or preparedness, improvision. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [noun] > state of being devoid of something > lacking or being without something missOE tharningc1175 missinga1375 lacking1377 wantingc1390 necessitya1393 destitutiona1440 poverty?1440 misture1563 unprovidedness1606 unprovision1631 wantingness1643 carency1655 nudity1656 destituteness1818 1631 E. Reynolds Three Treat. 274 When an enemie is daily irritated, and yet comes not to revenge his quarrell, we accompt it impotency and unprovision. 1715 H. Mestayer & L. Theobald Perfidious Brother i. 8 Let your Coming, On such slight Warning, be my best Excuse To reconcile you to our Unprovision, And what a scanty Ev'ning Board can furnish. 1780 Gen. Evening Post 28 Nov. Arsenals and magazines were formerly left in a miserable state of unprovision. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1631 |
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