Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not naturalized; not made natural; unnatural.
  • Not invested, as a foreigner, with the rights and privileges of a native subject or citizen; alien.

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  • adjective Not naturalized.

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  • adjective not having acquired citizenship

Etymologies

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un- +‎ naturalized

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Examples

  • Suppose one fourth of these only are voters -- that is, deduct one half for females, and allow that one half of the male moiety is made up of persons either between twenty and twenty-one years of age, or of those who are unnaturalized, which is a most liberal allowance when we consider where the great mass of ignorance belongs, and that the number of ignorant immigrants is much less at the South than at the North -- and we have = 192,500 = voters in the United States who are unable to read and write.

    Popular Education For the use of Parents and Teachers, and for Young Persons of Both Sexes Ira Mayhew 1854

  • She continues with bare, conclusory allegations that the President is "an alien, possibly even an unnaturalized or even an unadmitted illegal alien . . . without so much as lawful residency in the United States."

    Archive 2009-09-01 Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • She continues with bare, conclusory allegations that the President is "an alien, possibly even an unnaturalized or even an unadmitted illegal alien . . . without so much as lawful residency in the United States."

    Judicial Humor Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • Relic, old top...when were these unborn, unnaturalized lives you so blithely refer to Americanized and made citizens?

    Analyzing Obama's moves on abortion | RELIGION Blog | dallasnews.com 2009

  • She continues with bare, conclusory allegations that the President is "an alien, possibly even an unnaturalized or even an unadmitted illegal alien . . . without so much as lawful residency in the United States."

    Judicial Humor Walter Jon Williams 2009

  • Yet, citing a need to prevent illegal voting by unnaturalized immigrants, 18 states have introduced bills that would require documented proof of citizenship when registering to vote.

    Electoral Dirty Tricks Coming Soon To An In-Box Near You 2008

  • The unnaturalized foreigner threatens us with other dangers than those which would be created by our indigenous American land-grabber.

    Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007

  • The unnaturalized foreigner threatens us with other dangers than those which would be created by our indigenous American land-grabber.

    Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007

  • The unnaturalized foreigner threatens us with other dangers than those which would be created by our indigenous American land-grabber.

    Black and White T. Thomas Fortune 2007

  • He has privately stated to leading Democratic citizens, however, that he is employed by the Democratic National Committee to obtain evidence to show that Gen. Arthur is an unnaturalized foreigner.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

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