单词 | unwarrantable |
释义 | unwarrantableadj. a. (un- prefix1 1b.) ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [adjective] > unwarranted or unjustifiable undue1398 sacklessa1400 indefensible1529 unwarranted1577 indefensive1586 unjustifiable1589 unwarrantable1612 unconcessible1643 unjustified1644 injustifiable1646 insupportable1649 ill-deserveda1666 unsupportable1710 warrantless1863 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > insecure knowledge, uncertainty > questionable state or quality > state of being unprovable > [adjective] unprovable1387 unprobable1532 undeterminable1588 unveritable1589 undemonstrable1593 unwarrantable1612 indeterminable1646 unavouchable1650 undefinable1690 unascertainable1827 unverifiable1861 incorrigible1946 1612 J. Selden in M. Drayton Poly-olbion iv. Illustr. 68 An vnwarrantable report goes that it was for his martiall deliuery of the Kings daughter from the Dragon. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xix. 203 If God bolts the doores..against him, he is not..to make his escape by unwarrantable courses. 1757 T. Smollett Reprisal i. vii An unwarrantable insult. 1783 E. Burke Rep. Affairs India in Wks. (1819) XI. 16 An unwarrantable extension or application of the municipal Law of England. 1847 H. Rogers Ess. (1874) I. v. 218 Alterations of a most unwarrantable description. 1874 H. R. Reynolds John the Baptist ii. 83 It is an unwarrantable conjecture that the human intelligence is the highest form of mind. b. spec. Of deer: (see quot. 1798). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting specific animals > [adjective] > hunting deer unwarrantable1798 1798 J. Hey Lect. Divinity IV. 337 A Keeper in a King's Forest told me, certain Venison was unwarrantable; that is, could not be sent in return to the Warrants issued by the Officers of the Crown. 1888 Daily News 29 Oct. 6/8 Two young un~warrantable deer were shot at a previous hunt. Derivatives unˈwarrantableness n. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > moral impropriety > [noun] > condition of being undue or unwarrantable unrightfulnessc1275 unwarrantableness1633 unjustifiableness1642 undueness1653 indefensibility1823 unwarrantability1836 indefensibleness1876 1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 6) 618 The unwarrantablenesse of their designes. a1653 H. Binning Useful Case Consc. (1693) 7 The Conscience and Conviction of the Unwarrantableness of it for the want of Authority. 1713 E. Calamy Abridgm. Baxter's Life & Times (ed. 2) xviii. 486 To prove the unwarrantableness of a Nations defending their Rights and Liberties. 1880 J. Muirhead in tr. Gaius Institutes ii. 107 (note) Studemund's revision has also shown the unwarrantableness of the endo mandatela. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1612 |
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