unmiraculousadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnmᵻˈrakjᵿləs/, U.S. /ˌənməˈrækjələs/ Not miraculous; bereft of miracles.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > feeling of wonder, astonishment > lack of wonder > [adjective] > not miraculous
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1745 E. Young Consolation 63 Miracles..Can not, more amaze the Mind, Than This, call'd un-miraculous Survey.
1756 E. Blake Relig. & it's Temporal Promises Consider'd 11 Any good man, who for worthy deeds done to his country in an unmiraculous way..shall feel the love or esteem of the publick.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. viii. 476 The phantom becomes reasonably unmiraculous again.
1882 J. R. Seeley Nat. Relig. 254 The unmiraculous part of the Christian tradition.
1916 Amer. Catholic Q. Rev. 41 79 The mystical life..of unmiraculous contemplation and of Good Works.
1950 Life 56/2 56/2 In spite of the miracles of Lourdes..we are apt to think of this as an unmiraculous age.
2013 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 5 May 58 It's a slightly ridiculous use of human energy, justified by the magic it creates; unmiraculous, it's simply absurd.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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