† unparegaladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Unequal; inadequate.
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unegual1542
unequal1582
unegall1589
unparegal1605
unsatisfactory1637
unadequate1644
inadequate1675
under-proportioned1689
?c1400 (c1380) G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (BL Add. 10340) (1868) iii. pr. i. l. 1708 So þat .I. trowe nat now þat .I. be vnparygal [L. imparem] to the strokes of fortune.
1605 J. Marston Dutch Courtezan iv. i. sig. G3 Afore the Lord God my knauerie growes vnperegall, Tis time to take a nap.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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adj.?c1400- to make a long arm
- to make a long harvest for or about a little corn
- to make a long leg
- to make a long neck
- to make a long nose
- to make a long sermon
- to make a long story short
- to make a loose from
- to make a low leg
- to make a man
- to make a man for ever
- to make a man of
- to make a mang
- to make a mark
- to make a market
- to make a market of
- to make a mart
- to make a martyr of
- to make a martyr of oneself
- to make a mash
- to make a mash on
- to make a mastery
- to make a match
- to make a matter
- to make a matter to