Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Unprovided.
- Unforeseen; unexpected.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective obsolete Unforeseen; unexpected; not provided against; unprepared.
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- adjective
Unforeseen .
Etymologies
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Examples
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She was not deceived in her opinion: he went up to her again at the staircase, and, as they were improvided with a male attendant, insisted upon squiring the ladies to their lodgings.
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The marchioness and the baroness immediately improvided a
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction Various 1909
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Virginia Army National Guard Sgt. David Lambert, 39, Cedar Bluff in Tazewell County, died Oct. 26, 2007, of wounds sustained from an improvided explosive device in Baghdad, Iraq, that also wounded four other guardsmen.
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12, 34: “To worke new woe and improvided scath,” etc.Cf. Shakespeare, K. John, ii.
The Lady of the Lake 1810
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12, 34: "To worke new woe and improvided scath," etc.Cf. Shakespeare,
The Lady of the Lake Walter Scott 1801
yarb commented on the word improvided
"...as they were improvided with a male attendant, insisted upon squiring the ladies to their lodgings. Emilia saw his drift, which was no other than to know where she lived..."
— Smollett, Peregrine Pickle
January 19, 2022