▪ I. unˈlived, ppl. a.1
[un-2 8.]
Deprived of life.
| 1642 H. More Song of Soul ii. i. i. 15 The hidden might And root of motion, unliv'd, unbeen'd they leave In their vain thoughts. |
▪ II. unˈlived, ppl. a.2
[un-1 8.]
a. Not really or fully lived.
| 1867 J. Thomson Two Lovers (1881) 116 He loathed his unlived life, his unspent force. |
b. [un-1 8 c.] With -in. Uninhabited; unused by the inhabitants.
| 1931 H. Nicolson Diary 28 Jan. (1966) 67 The room has an unlived-in appearance. 1943 D. Welch Jrnl. 15 June (1952) 74 There is the feeling about the whole place of utter solitude, stealth, the ghostly, unlived-in, fascinating feeling of week-end houses. 1975 New Yorker 29 Dec. 22/1 Any room..has an unlived-in corner. 1979 J. Gardner Nostradamus Traitor xxiii. 95 The vestibule led to the main room, large and uninviting... The place looked unlived-in. |