unpragmaticadj.

Brit.

/(ˌ)ʌnpraɡˈmatɪk/, U.S.

/ˌənpræɡˈmædɪk/

Forms: see un- prefix¹ and pragmatic adj. and n.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, pragmatic adj.

Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + pragmatic adj.Apparently re-formed in the early 20th cent.

rare before 20th cent.

Not pragmatic; (now) esp. not sensible or realistic. Cf. unpragmatical adj.

ΚΠ

1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 583 Which bonds of publick tranquillity, all true and unpragmatick Ministers of the Gospell of peace, doe most effectually lay (in Christs Name) upon men.

1904 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 1 425 It is unpragmatic for its defenders to seek to name the ‘new philosophical movement’ so soon.

1929 W. M. Urban Intelligible World iii. 124 There comes a point at which such variation ceases to be merely inconvenient and unpragmatic; it becomes unintelligible.

1980 Language 56 594 They [sc. example sentences] are not ungrammatical at all, but merely ‘unpragmatic’.

2013 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Aug. (Mag.) 10 She..is often principled to the point of being unpragmatic.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	unpragmatic
释义	unpragmaticadj. Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnpraɡˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˌənpræɡˈmædɪk/ Forms: see un- prefix¹ and pragmatic adj. and n. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix¹, pragmatic adj. Etymology: < un- prefix¹ + pragmatic adj.Apparently re-formed in the early 20th cent. rare before 20th cent. Not pragmatic; (now) esp. not sensible or realistic. Cf. unpragmatical adj. ΚΠ 1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 583 Which bonds of publick tranquillity, all true and unpragmatick Ministers of the Gospell of peace, doe most effectually lay (in Christs Name) upon men. 1904 Jrnl. Philos., Psychol. & Sci. Methods 1 425 It is unpragmatic for its defenders to seek to name the ‘new philosophical movement’ so soon. 1929 W. M. Urban Intelligible World iii. 124 There comes a point at which such variation ceases to be merely inconvenient and unpragmatic; it becomes unintelligible. 1980 Language 56 594 They [sc. example sentences] are not ungrammatical at all, but merely ‘unpragmatic’. 2013 Advertiser (Austral.) (Nexis) 10 Aug. (Mag.) 10 She..is often principled to the point of being unpragmatic. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1653
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