unprimedadj.1
/(ˌ)ʌnˈprʌɪmd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpraɪmd/ Not primed or made ready for use or action; spec. (a) (of a firearm, etc.) not prepared for firing or detonation; (b) (of a canvas, etc.) not coated with primer.
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the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > unpreparedness > [adjective] > not made ready
unreadya1425
unprepared1574
unprimed1622
unset1639
1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea liii. 127 Contrary to all expectation, our stearne peeces were vnprimed, and so were all those, which we had to leward.
1760 Mem. Life Laurence Earl Ferrers 18 On the earl's asking for the pistols, he gave them to him; when finding them unprimed, he damned the honest man for this prudent precaution.
1787 J. Forrester Tour made in Italy 1769 55 You may re-touch, scumble, or re-paint..provided..that the picture be painted on an unprimed fine cloth.
1801 T. Frankland Cautions to Young Sportsmen (ed. 2) 35 A Servant at Grange..going into his master's room, and seeing a Gun unprimed, therefore supposed to be unloaded, aimed it at a portrait.
1862 G. W. Thornbury Life J. M. W. Turner I. 265 Turner had the greatest horror of the picture being lined, having commenced it with sized colours on unprimed cloth.
1963 R. F. Dunlap Gunsmithing (ed. 2) xv. 233 An unprimed case is chambered, the action closed and the punch rod is inserted in the barrel.
1977 Pump Costs (5th Techn. Conf. of Brit. Pump Manuf. Assoc.) 231 The circuits were modified to give a signal ‘pump unprimed’ but not to shut down the set.
1992 Artfocus Fall 17/2 The artist has the option of using primed or unprimed canvas since acrylic paint will not rot or alter the surface.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
unprimedadj.2
/(ˌ)ʌnˈprʌɪmd/, U.S. /ˌənˈpraɪmd/ Science.
Of a number, symbol, etc.: not bearing a prime (′) as a superscript; not primed. Also of a figure, equation, etc.: not denoted by a primed symbol.
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1878 U.S. Patent 203,219 1/1 The primed letters A' to H', inclusive, indicate the same parts as the corresponding unprimed letters.
1905 Jrnl. Elisha Smith Sci. Soc. 21 129 It is immaterial from which five of the primed or unprimed lines we start.
1944 C. Palache et al. Dana's Syst. Mineral. (ed. 7) I. 13 Projection values are primed, and polar values unprimed.
2002 M. Tavel Contemp. Physics & Limits of Knowl. iv. 32 This, in the primed coordinates, is the same circle equation that we had in the unprimed coordinates.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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