† unthendeadj.
Obsolete.
1.
a. Not in good condition; bad or poor in quality or kind.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > [adjective]
evil971
lowc1175
poor?c1225
feeblec1275
vilea1300
petty1372
unthende1377
secondary1386
petitc1390
unmeeta1393
illa1400
commonc1400
coarse1424
indigent1426
unlikelyc1450
lesser1464
gross1474
naughty1526
inferior1531
reprobate?1545
slender1577
unlikely1578
puny1579
under1580
wooden1592
sordid1596
puisne1598
provant1601
subministrant1604
inferious1607
sublunary1624
indifferent1638
undermatched1642
unworthy1646
underly1648
turncoated1650
female1652
undergraduate1655
farandinical1675
baddishc1736
ungenerous1745
understrapping1762
tinnified1794
demi-semi1805
shabby1805
dicky1819
poor white1821
tin-pot1838
deterior1848
substandard1850
crumby1859
cheesy1863
po'1866
not-quite1867
rocky1873
mouldy1876
low-grade1878
sketchy1878
midget1879
junky1880
ullaged1892
abysmal1904
bodgie1905
junk1908
crap1936
ropy1941
bodger1945
two-star1951
tripey1955
manky1958
schlocky1960
cack1978
wank1991
bowf1994
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 177 I ete there vnthende fisshe and fieble ale drynke.
a1400 Partonope 6660 He was so megere and so vnthende,..So hugely wasted a-wey is he.
1447 O. Bokenham Lyvys Seyntys (1835) 27 My penne also..ful ny is waxyn unthende.
a1470 Dives & Pauper (1496) i. iv. 35/2 Oftentyme that crosse that the preest holdeth in his honde is full unreuerenced & unthende.
b. Unwholesome.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > insalubrity > [adjective]
evilc1000
unsete1387
pestilenta1398
pestilentiala1398
unhealfulc1400
unthendec1425
unsetyc1440
unwholesomec1455
ill1488
pestifere1490
contagious1495
infectious1534
pestiferous1538
unhealthsome1544
unkindlyc1570
deletery1576
deleterious1587
bad1589
unhealthful1598
unsound1598
unhealthy1600
sickly1604
deleterial1621
tetrous1637
insalubrious1638
unseasoned1638
cankered1645
healthless1650
insalutary1694
maliferous1727
insanous1742
unsalubrious1781
unsanitary1872
insanitary1874
devitalizing1875
antihygienic1876
unhygienic1883
unhealthy-looking1890
c1425 Cast. Persev. 2262 in Macro Plays 145 Þi metis & drynkys arn vnthende, whanne þei are out of mesure take.
2.
a. Unthriving; unprosperous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > not prospering or flourishing
ill-faringa1400
thriftlessc1400
unthendec1400
unthriftyc1400
thriveless1521
unthriving1600
improsperous1602
unflourishing1764
unprosperous1776
c1400 Pety Job 654 in 26 Pol. Poems 142 The worldes wyles ryght nat me payes, For they ben false and full vnthende.
c1412 T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum 2464 Rightwisnesse..out of this ile Purposeth fully for to fare & wende, So is our reule vnthrifty & vnthende.
c1425 Cast. Persev. 510 in Macro Plays 92 Who-so wyl alwey foly fle, In þis werld schal ben vnthende.
b. Weak, feeble.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective]
wokec897
unstronga900
unmightyeOE
feeblec1175
strengthlessc1175
unwieldc1220
weaka1300
frailc1384
unwieldyc1386
unthendec1425
dissolutec1450
unsure?a1475
feyc1475
simple1477
unfirm1483
unsinewed?1541
wash1548
weakling1557
ladylike1566
silly1567
water weak1592
washya1631
wankle1686
foible1715
unmuscular1725
nerveless1792
wankly1795
shilpit1813
wankya1825
sinewless1829
weedy-looking1835
queachy1859
insubstantiala1861
paper-backed1888
weak-fleshed1967
c1425 Cast. Persev. 287 in Macro Plays 85 Nakyd I am, as ȝe may se. a! Lord God in trinite! Whow Mankende is vnthende!
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/2 On-thende, invalidus.
Derivatives
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adverb]
faintlyc1320
weakly1398
unthendelyc1440
lankly1611
flaggingly1693
strengthlessly1820
punily1827
nervelessly1836
flaccidly1847
limply1869
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 367/2 On-thendly, invalide.
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