unplunderedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈplʌndəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpləndərd/ Not plundered.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > robbery > spoliation or depredation > [adjective] > despoiled > not
unspoiledc1500
unspulyied1513
unransacked1529
unpilled1569
unrifled1583
unpillaged1593
unplundered1637
unforageda1649
unravaged1728
spoilless1818
undespoiled1846
1637 R. Monro Exped. Scots Regim. ii. 122 They escaped, having left a weake Garrison of foote in the Towne and Castle, to make an Accord, for keeping the Towne unplundered.
1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 163 I count it a blessing that providence hath preserved such a treasure unplundred.
1736 J. Addison tr. Petronius Wks. 244 Her wing'd Navies plough'd The burden'd Main, to each unplunder'd Shore.
1798 T. Gisborne Poems 4 Lo, as secure he quits the unplunder'd dead, Wide-weltering seas of fire before him spread.
1859 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid xi, in tr. Virgil Wks. II. 460 Then I..The pitiable corse, and arms Unplundered, to the sepulchre will bear.
1865 J. Cameron Malayan India 263 To waste your time cutting the throat of a dead man while his house is yet unplundered.
1931 Northern Star (Lismore, New S. Wales) 6 Mar. 8/4 If we can find an unplundered tomb.., we shall get a much better idea of the art and the standard of culture of the period.
1994 Straight No Chaser Summer 7/2 With the mixes of each tune from the album running into double figures they aim to leave no genre unplundered.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1637- for some reason best known to oneself
- for specialty
- for starters
- for straw
- for stud
- for suit of
- for sure
- for sureness
- for surety
- for surety of
- for sweam!
- for term of a person's life
- for term of life
- free-choosing
- free-churchly
- free-climb
- free-climbed
- free-climbing
- free-climbs
- free-cutting
- free-denize
- free-denized
- free-denizen
- free-diver
- free-diving