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单词 unrewarded
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unrewardedadj.

Brit. /(ˌ)ʌnrᵻˈwɔːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənrəˈwɔrdəd/
Forms: see un- prefix1 and rewarded adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: un- prefix1, reward v., -ed suffix1.
Etymology: < un- prefix1 + reward v. + -ed suffix1. Compare later rewarded adj.
1. Not rewarded or recompensed; unrequited.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective] > unrewarded
unforyoldenOE
unacquit1390
unmeedya1400
unquita1400
guerdonless?c1400
unrewarded?a1425
unguerdoned1433
unrecompensed1469
rewardless1481
unrequited1556
unrepaid1592
requiteless1606
desertless1607
uncompensated1823
?a1425 tr. Catherine of Siena Orcherd of Syon (Harl.) (1966) 204 (MED) Gode deedis mosten be doon alle tymes, for þere is noon yuel vnponeschid, ne good deede vnrewardid.
?c1425 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Royal 17 D.vi) (1860) 104 No goode dede unrewarded is or quytte.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 205 (MED) Oure lorde god Sufferyth noon ille dede forto be vnpunyshyd, ne noon good ded vnrewardid.
1512 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 75 A good dede is never unrewarded ne an evyll unpunisshed.
1585 Abp. E. Sandys Serm. x. 171 Their seruice was vnrewarded because it was vncontinued.
1628 R. Hayman tr. J. Owen Certaine Epigrams i. 7 in Quodlibets Verses giuen for a New-yeeres-gift, vnrewarded (title).
1656 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1897) III. 270 None can..imagine that so glorious an act can possibly be unrewarded.
1712 R. Blackmore Creation vii. 315 While Heaven's Adorers..Their unrewarded Innocence maintain.
1779 Mirror No. 35 My obsequious services in the drawing-room passed unrewarded.
1821 Ld. Byron Sardanapalus iii. i. 101 Slain! unrewarded!..that's hard, poor slave!
1883 Harper's Mag. June 136/2 Every day he gave untiring and unrewarded service.
1902 O. Wister Virginian x. 119 He had pulled her out of the water once, and he had been her unrewarded knight even to-day, and he felt his grievance.
1998 Economist 21 Mar. 23/3 The tradition of unrewarded service and unjustified self-sacrifice—whether as a conscripted soldier in the imperial army or as a latter-day sarariman putting in a grinding 80-hour week in the hope that it would provide a job for life—is at an end.
2. Unpunished. Cf. reward v. 4a, 4c. Now rare.
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1584 R. Greene Myrrour of Modestie sig. Bv The Lord suffreth not the wicked to go vnrewarded.
1621 J. Taylor Unnaturall Father in Wks. (1630) 140/1 God did neuer suffer Murder to goe vnrewarded.
1683 Dutch Rogue 77 Do you think that God directs the World blindfold? or that your wicked Actions will go unrewarded?
1719 N. Rowe tr. Lucan Pharsalia vii. 292 Since Wickedness stands unrewarded yet, Nor Cæsar's Arms their wish'd success have met; Free and rejoycing to the Shades I go.
1886 G. Whetenall Echetlus i. 27 A transgression not unrewarded.
1894 Lady Verney Mem. Verney Family III. xi. 419 Wickedness does not go for ever unrewarded.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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