unaˈcquired, ppl. a.
[un-1 8.]
1. Not acquired; unattained.
| 1653 Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year I. xii. 154 The work of God is left imperfect, and our persons ungracious, and our ends unacquired. 1656 W. Montagu Accompl. Wom. Ep. Ded., So that this cannot enform your understanding in any new unacquired grace or vertue. |
2. Not obtained from without; innate.
| 1793 Holcroft tr. Lavater's Physiog. xxix. 136 Can we call this feeling, internal unacquired sensation? 1870 Lowell Among my Bks. Ser. i. 164 We recognize his truth to Nature by an innate and unacquired sympathy. |