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单词 unsifted
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unsiftedadj.

Etymology: un- prefix1 2. Compare Dutch ongezift.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈsifted.
1. Not passed through a sieve; unstrained.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > [adjective] > not purified > not purified in specific way
unscummedc1440
unsifted1584
unleached1792
unstrained1828
unfiltered1896
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health iv. 25 When the meale wholly vnsifted..is made into breade.
1628 T. May tr. Virgil Georgicks i. 5 The ground one yeare at rest; forget not than..to hearten it againe..with unsifted ashes.
1785 W. Cowper Task vi. 108 Swallowing..The total grist unsifted, husks and all.
1870 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1871) 138 Pure unsifted solar light is white.
2. Unexamined, unscrutinized.
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] > scrutinized > not
unsifted1620
unscrutinized1728
uncanvassed1884
1620 F. Quarles Feast for Wormes in Divine Poems ix. ix No crime unsifted, no sinne unpresented, Can lurke unseene.
1827 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) IV. 38 There must be abundant matter of unsifted information in our public collections.
1858 W. E. Gladstone Stud. Homer I. 219 A poet who, as to facts, was at the mercy of unsifted information.
1882 E. B. Pusey Parochial & Cathedral Serm. i. 3 The unsifted, unexamined conscience of a sinner.
3. Untried, inexperienced.
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the world > action or operation > ability > inability > unskilfulness > [adjective] > inexperienced
youngOE
unfraisted?a1400
rudec1489
raw1534
unfleshed1542
untraded1542
fresh water?1548
unpractised1551
unexperienced1569
unacquainted1581
prenticea1586
fresh-watered1590
unsifted1604
unseen1606
unexperient1609
inexperienced1626
low water1643
inexperient1670
unproficient1794
nyoung1852
punk1907
raggedy-ass1930
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet i. iii. 102 You speake like a greene girle Vnsifted in such perrilous circumstance. View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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