Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not apprehended; not taken.
  • Not understood, perceived, or conceived of.

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Examples

  • Not everybody thinks songwriters are today's version of the poets who Shelley Percy Bysshe, not Fabares or Winters said were "hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present ... unacknowledged legislators of the world."

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: Kinky Speaks: The Independent Texan Talks Democrats, The Tea Party, And Rick Perry RJ 2011

  • Not everybody thinks songwriters are today's version of the poets who Shelley Percy Bysshe, not Fabares or Winters said were "hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present ... unacknowledged legislators of the world."

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: Kinky Speaks: The Independent Texan Talks Democrats, The Tea Party, And Rick Perry RJ 2011

  • Besides Alton, three shooters were taken alive and would not name the other Grumleys who had helped in the vehicle takedown and then melted away, remaining unapprehended.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Besides Alton, three shooters were taken alive and would not name the other Grumleys who had helped in the vehicle takedown and then melted away, remaining unapprehended.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • Seeing T.V. escaping, the would-be assassins ran after him; failing to catch him, they left the station unapprehended.

    The Last Empress Hannah Pakula 2009

  • Besides Alton, three shooters were taken alive and would not name the other Grumleys who had helped in the vehicle takedown and then melted away, remaining unapprehended.

    A Bob Lee Swagger eBook Boxed Set Stephen Hunter 2009

  • If they are unapprehended, they can go a long way, Marc.

    CNN Transcript May 5, 2009 2009

  • In the current issue of Vanity Fair, Norman Mailer (whose "An American Dream," with its unapprehended wife-murderer Stephen Richards Rojack, somewhat presaged Ellis's novel a generation ago) gives Ellis a light pat on the head for trying his hand at a serious social critique.

    Confessions Of A Serial Killer 2008

  • The zodiac killer, still unapprehended after all this time.

    CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2008 2008

  • During a wave of campus violence, we postulated that students were more afraid of suddenly finding themselves as "being Baboo's campaign manager" than encountering the still-unapprehended assailant.

    American Beat: Underneath The Turban 2007

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