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- adjective Not
exerted .
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Examples
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It were superfluous to say, that nothing which medical skill and unremitting attention could perform, were left unexerted to mitigate his sufferings, and prolong a life, which humanity and affectionate concern towards his sick compatriots, unfortunately shortened.
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It was the stillness rather of untroubled health, of strength omnipotent but unexerted.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Complete Series I, II, and III John Addington Symonds 1866
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It was the stillness rather of untroubled health, of strength omnipotent but unexerted.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, First Series John Addington Symonds 1866
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Attend with patience the uncertainty of things, and what lieth yet unexerted in the chaos of futurity.
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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Her influence unexerted, the Genoese mariner had never worn the laurel that now graces his brow.
The Young Maiden 1847
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Page 43 within my control unexerted to thwart their purposes.
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When I brought you into this extensive empire, I left no means unexerted to heighten your respect not only for its amiable sovereign, but for all powers in amity with her.
Thaddeus of Warsaw Jane Porter 1813
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It were superfluous to say, that nothing which medical skill and unremitting attention could perform, were left unexerted to mitigate his sufferings, and prolong a life, which humanity and affectionate concern towards his sick compatriots, unfortunately shortened.
A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson Watkin Tench 1796
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