unpursued
/ˈʌn.pəɹˌsjuːd/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Not pursued, not sought, not engaged in.
Example Sentences
- "All night the dreadless Angel, unpursu’d, Through Heav’ns wide Champain held his way; till Morn, Wak’t by the circling Hours, with rosie hand Unbarr’d the gates of Light."
- "1740, Samuel Johnson, “Debate on incorporating the new-raised men into the standing regiments” in The Works of Samuel Johnson, London: John Stockdale, 1787, Vol. 12, Debates in Parliament, p. 62, At Guastalla, Sir, they attacked the French in their trenches, even with forces inferiour in number, so far were they from any diffidence in the form of their establishment; and after a fight of seven hours, in which their loss was, under all their disadvantages, not greater than that of their enemies, they retreated to their former camp unmolested and unpursued."
- "With doubtful patriotism he left the Danes for a while unpursued, attacked Meath, overran and wasted Connaught, and returning suddenly burnt the royal stronghold of Tara."
- "[…] And thus the soul, By that sweet taste of pleasure unpursu’d Doth find itself insensibly dispos’d To virtue and true goodness."
- "Our pleasures unpursued age past recall."
Etymology
From un- + pursued.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: un