unmeasured
adjective
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adj
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English measured English unmeasured From un- + measured.
- Not having been measured.
“Recall the gradual dark the snow’s unmeasured fall The naked fields the cloud’s immaculate folds”
- Beyond measure; vast; measureless.
“the unmeasured expanse of the ocean”
“She [Diana] hath ſent (to plague vs) a huge ſauadge Boare, Of an vn-meaſured height and magnitude. […] His briſtles poynted like a range of pikes Ranck't on his backe: his foame ſnowes where he feeds His tuskes are like the Indian Oliphants.”
- Unrestrained; without moderation or deliberation.
“the hasty, unmeasured speech of the defendant”