unmintedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈmɪntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈmɪntᵻd/ Of metal, a coin, etc.: that has not been minted. Also figurative.
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society > trade and finance > money > coining > [adjective] > uncoined
uncoined1423
uncunyed1513
unmintedc1536
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > not applied or put in force
unexercisedc1374
unapplied?1529
unmintedc1536
unapplianced1844
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [adjective] > not done, performed, or carried out > of laws, promises, etc.
unholdena1400
unkept?c1430
unminted1881
c1536 C. Armstrong Howe to reforme Realme in R. Pauli Drei volkswirthschaftliche Denkschrifter (1878) iii. iii. 66 All sortes of strange gold and silver mynted and unmynted.
1608 E. Grimeston tr. J. F. Le Petit Gen. Hist. Netherlands x. 612 She caused the valew of forty thousand Angels, in bullion or vnminted siluer to bee deliuered vnto him.
1636 E. Pagitt Christianographie (ed. 2) ii. 40 The Treasury of merits was unminted.
1739 G. Ogle Gualtherus & Griselda 87 Virtue, in low, is an unminted Mine.
1845 G. Petrie Round Towers Ireland 215 The precious metals were used as a circulating medium in large unminted pieces.
1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 402 To rail on the lightness of women,..their unminted promises.
1957 J. M. Brownjohn tr. I. Lissner Living Past 120 The Macedonian still received no less than 180,000 talents in minted and unminted gold and silver.
2012 Independent 14 Dec. 20/1 A previously unminted 50p coin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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