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unendowed

unendowed adjective: not endowed.

Adjective

unendowed (comparative more unendowed, superlative most unendowed)

  1. Not endowed.
    • Those parish ministers who had seceded were about two hundred and forty, or one-fourth of the whole number; the unendowed ministers, about two hundred, or about one-third of the entire clergy of Scotland.1688, E. Farr, E. H. Nolan, The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.
    • For Cooper was unendowed with worldly shrewdness, and, like all dreamers, was attracted by a mind which controlled while he might only attempt to understand.1889, George (George Augustus) Moore, Mike Fletcher
  2. Lacking an endowment.
    • By degrees the libraries which were unendowed fell behind the age, and were consequently neglected.1880, William Blades, The Enemies of Books, page 36

Forms of unendowed

comparativemore unendowed
superlativemost unendowed

Origin of unendowed

From un- + endowed.

Questions about unendowed

What does unendowed mean?
Unendowed means not endowed.
What part of speech is unendowed?
Unendowed is an adjective.

Words near unendowed in the dictionary

  1. unendorsed
  2. unendorsement
  3. unendorses
  4. unendorsing
  5. unendothelialized
  6. unendowed
  7. unends
  8. unendued
  9. unendurability
  10. unendurable
  11. unendurableness

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