Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not mourned or wept for.
- adjective Not yet shed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not wept for; not lamented; not mourned.
- Not shed; not wept: as, unwept tears.
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- adjective Not
wept . - adjective
Unmourned .
Etymologies
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Examples
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"unhonored and unsung" but also "unwept": not a single friend nor relative followed his wasted body to its final resting place.
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I will pass into oblivion, to the vile dust from whence I sprung, unwept, unhonored, and unsung. . .
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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I will pass into oblivion, to the vile dust from whence I sprung, unwept, unhonored, and unsung. . .
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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I will pass into oblivion, to the vile dust from whence I sprung, unwept, unhonored, and unsung. . .
The Curse of the Wendigo William James Henry 2010
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The Aryan gene-pool dies, ‘unwept, unhonored and unsung.’
Blood for Blood. Ashes for Ashes. - Erick’s blog - RedState 2009
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To all the race of Cadmus shall this be proclaimed, that whosoe'er is caught decking his corpse with wreaths or giving it burial, shall be requited with death; unwept, unburied let him lie, a prey to birds.
The Phoenissae 2008
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And there I lie one time upon the strand, another in the salt sea's surge, drifting ever up and down upon the billows, unwept, unburied; but now am I hovering o'er the head of my dear mother Hecuba, a disembodied spirit, keeping my airy station these three days, ever since my poor mother came from Troy to linger here in
Hecuba 2008
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And there I lie one time upon the strand, another in the salt sea's surge, drifting ever up and down upon the billows, unwept, unburied; but now am I hovering o'er the head of my dear mother Hecuba, a disembodied spirit, keeping my airy station these three days, ever since my poor mother came from Troy to linger here in
Hecuba 2008
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To all the race of Cadmus shall this be proclaimed, that whosoe'er is caught decking his corpse with wreaths or giving it burial, shall be requited with death; unwept, unburied let him lie, a prey to birds.
The Phoenissae 2008
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A pale light, rising in the outer air, fell straight upon the bed; and on it, plundered and bereft, unwatched, unwept, uncared for, was the body of this man.
A Christmas Carol 2007
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