unregimentedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈrɛdʒᵻmɛntᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈrɛdʒəˌmɛn(t)əd/ 1. Of a fighting force or group of people: not organized into a regiment or regiments.
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society > armed hostility > military operations > distribution of troops > formation > [adjective] > formed or forming in battle array > not
unarrayedc1340
unmarshalled1642
unregimented1673
clubbed1876
1673 tr. Mercury-gallant xiii. 105 Fifty Unregimented Companies, containing 200 men each.
a1725 Ld. Whitworth Acct. Russia in 1710 (1758) 102 Unregimented Soldiers and free companies in the lesser garrisons of Ingria.
1761 London Evening Post 17 Mar. 1/1 The Fortresses of Silesia swarm with unregimented Recruits, and more are daily brought into them.
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets i. 45 These outcast soldiers of his, unregimented roving banditti.
1945 W. G. Hole John Englishman 71 Has ever war..been glorified with colours braver or more splendid than those flown by this unregimented army.
2008 S. Thion French Armies Thirty Years War 165/1 The Lorraine troops..seeing the small number of unregimented companies, fell on them with their entire cavalry wing.
2. Not characterized by or subject to strict order, regulation, or control.
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1904 Sister Nivedita Web of Indian Life xiv. 242 Strong individuality is demanded by undeveloped, unregimented conditions.
1941 J. W. Bingham My Philos. Law 15 The infinite variations and combinations of human affairs and the unregimented actions and interactions of human wills and instinctive motives.
1945 Life 21 May 88/3 Most American girls lead happy unregimented lives during their school years.
2006 Times (Nexis) 27 Jan. (T2 section) 22 Baron prides himself on the unregimented spontaneity and authenticity of his orchestra.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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