Etymology: un-prefix1 1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: unˈtenty.
Scottish.
Careless, heedless.
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1819 W. ScottLegend of Montrose ii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. III. 25 What is to become of me, if Gustavus..should be lamed among their untenty hands!
1893 R. L. StevensonCatriona vii. 73 I would never be so untenty as to commit myself.
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