unprovided
English
Etymology
un- + provided
Adjective
unprovided (not comparable)
- Not provided; not supplied or equipped; unprepared.
- 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Maye”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], OCLC 606515406; reprinted as H[einrich] Oskar Sommer, editor, The Shepheardes Calender […], London: John C. Nimmo, […], 1890, OCLC 890162479:
- The shepheards God so wel them guided,
That of nought they were unprovided,
Butter enough, honye, milke, and whay,
And their flockes fleeces, them to araye.
- c. 1590–1592, William Shakespeare, “The Taming of the Shrew”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
- Why, sir, you know this is your wedding-day.
First were we sad, fearing you would not come;
Now sadder, that you come so unprovided.
Fie, doff this habit, shame to your estate,
An eye-sore to our solemn festival!
- 1697, Aphra Behn, The Adventure of the Black Lady,
- Mean while, if you are unprovided of a Lodging, I dare undertake, you shall be welcome to this Gentlewoman.
- 1817 December, [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 1818, OCLC 318384910:
- Miss Tilney, understanding in part her friend’s curiosity to see the house, soon revived the subject; and her father being, contrary to Catherine’s expectations, unprovided with any pretence for further delay […] was at last ready to escort them.
- 1934 October, George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], “Chapter 1”, in Burmese Days, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, OCLC 1810828:
- Perhaps it is an oversight on Mr Macgregor’s part that he has left these young infants quite unprovided for, and that some of their mothers are in danger of starvation […]
- 1941 December, “Notes and News: The L.N.W.R. "Special" Tanks”, in Railway Magazine, page 568:
- Originally unprovided with cabs, the first to acquire them did so during the Webb period in the 1890's, [...].
- 1959 March, “Talking of Trains: Fewer meals on wheels?”, in Trains Illustrated, page 121:
- [...] but there are other northbound trains, unprovided with any refreshments, on which this car's appearance would be most welcome, [...].
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