unblessed

English

Alternative forms

• unblest (archaic)

Etymology

From un- +‎ blessed.

Pronunciation

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈblɛst/, /ʌnˈblɛsɪd/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /ʌnˈblɛst/

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Adjective

unblessed (not comparable)

1. Not blessed.
   • 1725, Homer, “Book I”, in [Elijah Fenton], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume I, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     The god, vindictive, doom'd them never more / (Ah, men unbless'd!) to touch that natal shore.

Translations

not blessed

• Dutch: onzalig (nl)
• Greek: αβλόγητος (el) (avlógitos), αλειτούργητος (el) (aleitoúrgitos)
• Hungarian: áldatlan (hu)
• Manx: neuvannee, neuvannit
• Old English: unsǣliġ

Verb

unblessed

1. past participle of unbless