unwarnedadj.1adv.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈwɔːnd/, U.S. /ˌənˈwɔrnd/ 1.
a. Not warned or forewarned.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > unannounced
unadvisedc1386
unwarneda1400
unwarneda1525
unawarnist1533
usherless1604
unnotified1775
unannounced1825
unheralded1864
unsignalled1868
c1000 Law Northumb. Priests in B. Thorpe Anc. Laws Eng. (1840) II. 294 Gif preost oðerne unwarnode læte þæs, þe he wite, þæt him hearmian wille, gebete þæt.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 1176 He let also arere Vpe þe water stronge hous, þat hii vnwarned nere.
1338 R. Mannyng Chron. (1810) 13 Scho purueid þat poyson... Brittrik hir lord..Unwarned drank þerof a drauht.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) 2 Macc. viii. 6 And he aboue cummynge to castels and cytees, vnwarnyd [L. improvisas], brente hem.
1422 J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. 175 Hit was not y-holde proesse ne chyualry to assayle a man vnwarnyd.
a1525 ( Coventry Leet Bk. (1908) II. 295 Because no persones shuld be greued be these ordenaunces vnwarned, we ordeyn þat þes ordenaunces be radde to euery of þe seid officers.
1693 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (1699) 152 As un~experienced young Men are apt to do, if they are unwarn'd.
1715 A. Ramsay Great Eclipse 23 When this strange darkness overshades the plains, 'Twill give an odd surprise t' unwarned swains.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. i. 48 So now Ægisthus..him at his return Hath foully slain, though not unwarn'd by us, That he would surely perish.
1806 J. Foster Essays (ed. 2) I. 39 Human beings, entering on life, with..unwarned carelessness of heart.
1823 F. D. Hemans Vespers of Palermo iii. iv. 56 He must not die unwarn'd.
1877 M. Oliphant Makers of Florence (ed. 2) ix. 230 Wickedness unwarned and wrong unredressed were rampant.
b. Const. of.
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c1400 Song of Roland 314 [They] may..haue vs euyn as they lest, And we vn-warnyd þer-of in this tid.
c1425 Wyntoun Cron. iii. ii. 330 Vnwarnyt of thare spyise,..[he] went to bed.
1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) viii. l. 182 Wallace off Beik wnwarnyt than was he.
1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. x. 8 The Latynis.., Quhilk of hys cumming tho onwarnyt weyr.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb] > without warning
on, in, or at unwarec1070
unwarec1100
unwaresa1122
uniwaresa1200
unwarelyc1200
on uniware1297
unwarneda1325
unadvised1390
unbewares1483
unbeware1489
unwarnishedly1513
unawarnistly1533
unadvisedlyc1535
unawares1535
at unwaresa1547
unwarnedly1563
at unawares1564
unwarily1569
at unaware1598
unaware1667
of all things1778
out of a clear (blue) sky1875
out of the blue1879
unawaredly1895
a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 2682 Bi a lond-weige he wente rigt, And brogte vn-warnede on hem figt.
c1325 Song of Yesterday 170 in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 137 Sum men seiþ þat deþ is a þef, And al vnwarned wol on hym stele.
1407 Thorpe's Examinacion (MS Rawl. C. 208) f. 6v Þei ben sodeynli & vn~warned brouȝt forþ to ben apposid of aduersaries.
c1450 Mirk's Festial 39 Þe kyng hymselfe wold mony a tyme vnwarned come to þe mete.
3. Unannounced. Also with -for.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adjective] > unannounced
unadvisedc1386
unwarneda1400
unwarneda1525
unawarnist1533
usherless1604
unnotified1775
unannounced1825
unheralded1864
unsignalled1868
a1400 Minor Poems from Vernon MS 231/379 Kep vs..from temptaciun of þe fende, Of sodeyn deþ vnwarned to telle, And also from þe pyne of helle.
a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 57 One..makes sudden embargoes, and unwarned inroads into the adjoining Country.
1882 C. P. Smyth in Nature 5 Oct. 552/1 An interval quite long enough to allow of an unwarned-for cyclone having meanwhile entered the country.
Derivatives
unˈwarnedly adv.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [adverb] > without warning
on, in, or at unwarec1070
unwarec1100
unwaresa1122
uniwaresa1200
unwarelyc1200
on uniware1297
unwarneda1325
unadvised1390
unbewares1483
unbeware1489
unwarnishedly1513
unawarnistly1533
unadvisedlyc1535
unawares1535
at unwaresa1547
unwarnedly1563
at unawares1564
unwarily1569
at unaware1598
unaware1667
of all things1778
out of a clear (blue) sky1875
out of the blue1879
unawaredly1895
1563 J. Foxe Actes & Monuments 145/2 They be sodeinly & vnwarnedly brought forth to be apposed of their aduersaries.
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† unwarnedadj.2
Not guarded or protected.
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the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > unguarded
unwarneda1240
unwarda1325
unwarded1382
unkept?c1430
undefenced1451
unguardedc1602
guardless?1611
watchless1842
a1240 Sawles Warde in Old Eng. Hom. I. 255 For nis his strengðe noht wurð bute hwer se he ifindeð eðeliche ant wake unwarnede of treowe bileaue.
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