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  • adjective Not comforted.

Etymologies

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un- +‎ comforted

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Examples

  • In normal situations, cortisol production is not harmful, but if a baby or toddler is left uncomforted for too long or exposed excessively to a stressful situation, the cortisol levels will spike.

    Why parents shouldn't feel guilty if they can't devote time to their toddlers 2011

  • Ultimately, no spiritual authority wants to accept the responsibility of letting a man die uncomforted.

    Mosebach on Why the Pope Had to Do What He Did 2009

  • She hung in the half open doorway, afraid to advance or withdraw, frozen into stillness and silence because the voice from the bed was so urgent and uncomforted.

    A Caregiver's Homage To The Very Old 2010

  • I think I had understood from the moment that Wallaces body was discovered here, and I sensed that he might not have been alone and uncomforted in his final moments, that whatever he had seen, or thought he had seen, while prowling around my property at Scarborough had come to him here in a different form.

    The Lovers John Connolly 2009

  • In these situations, kids are left uncomforted, frustrated, and shaking in their bodies, compromised in their ability to calm down and feel that all will be okay.

    Jane Shure and Beth Weinstock: Musings From Two Therapists 2007

  • She allowed no one who came to her for help to go away uncomforted.

    She was always directed toward God Argent 2006

  • Shelby, who is pregnant from a premarital bit of whoopie with David, feels shame and finds herself in a tight spot, what with being alone, pregnant, pretty badly off financially, and uncomforted by a not-very-sympathetic mother with emotional issues of her own.

    Archive 2006-02-01 Mirtika 2006

  • Shelby, who is pregnant from a premarital bit of whoopie with David, feels shame and finds herself in a tight spot, what with being alone, pregnant, pretty badly off financially, and uncomforted by a not-very-sympathetic mother with emotional issues of her own.

    A Two-Faced Review: A FAMILY FOREVER Mirtika 2006

  • His house may be admired for its design, the crowd may pause before the stained windows, but meanwhile the poor proprietor must lie languishing within, uncomforted, unchangeably alone.

    Virginibus Puerisque and other papers 2005

  • These do push folk's comfort zone, which if you don't push them too far, makes them more open to learning, however, this uncomforted creates resistance.

    Education and KM Jeff Oxenford 2005

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