单词 | unrepeatable |
释义 | unrepeatableadj. 1. Of words or language: too obscene, salacious, crude, etc., to be repeated. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > [adjective] > strong, sulphurous (of language) untowen13.. largea1413 thundering1543 viperous1605 luscious1614 peppering1712 rough1750 unquotable1821 sulphurous1828 piercent1829 unrepeatable1831 bituminous1878 sultry1891 unprintable1898 four-letter1923 1831 Standard 26 Oct. 4/1 The duck was never found: strange and unrepeatable stories were told..as to its mysterious disappearance. 1859 W. H. Gregory Egypt II. 47 Droll but somewhat unrepeatable anecdotes. 1887 Punch 19 Mar. 136/2 An account of his most infamous exploits in unrepeatable language. 1923 Outing Mar. 261/3 It took unrepeatable language..and our last drop of restorative to start us on our way. 1988 Times 7 May 11/6 The driver's response, when asked to summon help using his radio, was unrepeatable and he sped off. 2011 B. Norton Two Strangers—One Soul 12 Several choice, if unrepeatable, words of welcome from my team-mates. 2. Impossible to replicate; that cannot occur again. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > imitation > originality or non-imitation > [adjective] > incapable of being imitated inimitable1531 unshadowable1640 unrenderable1827 inimitative1835 unforgeable1837 unlikenable1845 unreproducible1845 uncopiable1846 unrepeatable1846 1846 Illustr. Family Mag. Apr. 47 This one brief unrepeatable chapter of human existence—courtship. 1880 R. F. Littledale Plain Reasons lxxv. 157 The..unrepeatable privilege and glory of being the first to unlock the doors of the kingdom. 1901 G. H. Howison Limits of Evol. 362 The absolutely singular and unrepeatable personality of each soul. 1984 A. Price Sion Crossing ii. 36 It was..an unrepeatable opportunity to establish his credentials. 2009 P. Glennie & N. Thrift Shaping Day iii. 66 Time is..an irreducible stream of unrepeatable events. Derivatives ˌunrepeataˈbility n. the quality or state of being unrepeatable. ΚΠ 1901 Checkmate Aug. 126/1 Many a foreign term mangled to unrepeatability in print. 1986 Nature 13 Mar. 121/1 Leading parapsychologists acknowledge the unrepeatability and admit that no single experiment has been free of error. 2004 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 18 Sept. (Travel section) 1 Cartier-Bresson seizes an instant of self-awareness in his subjects.., or at least an awareness of the unrepeatability of the given moment. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1831 |
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