unnursedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈnəːst/, U.S. /ˌənˈnərst/ Not nursed.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [adjective] > looked after or cared for > not
uncared-for1597
untended1598
unnursed1764
1764 R. Jones Origin Lang. & Nations sig. h4v Vaethu or faethu, in the old British, is to nurse, to which the privative di being prefixed, it makes unnursed or uncultivated.
1768 J. Smith Art of Living in London 23 He left behind a little prattling race, As yet unnurs'd—untaught in wisdom's page.
1867 All Year Round 14 Dec. 20/1 Men are dying unnursed in a pest-house over the way.
1875 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera V. lv. 204 Sternly to forbid cat-nursing, till no child is left unnursed.
1929 Times 26 Feb. 9/5 Its action in regard to the nursing of measles, whooping cough, ophthalmia, and scarlatina,..its provision for unnursed areas..were related.
2010 S. W. Olds et al. Compl. Bk. Breastfeeding (ed. 4) xi. 245/1 You can express or pump from the unnursed breast immediately after nursing from the other one.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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