Unbacked
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Having no back. not-comparable
"an unbacked bench"
- 2 Not supported or backed up (by someone or something).
"The warlike Wench amongst the Greekes doth stand Vnbackt by Troy, left of her Damsels all, The battery of a thousand swords she bides, Till her yron plates are hew’d off from her sides."
- 3 Having no (or few) backers.
"an unbacked racehorse"
- 4 Of an animal: never having been ridden or not accustomed to being ridden; not (currently) being ridden. not-comparable, obsolete
"[…] like unback’d colts, they prick’d their ears, Advanced their eyelids, lifted up their noses As they smelt music:"
- 5 (of a plate) Not having an antihalation backing.
Adjective
- 1 unsupported by other people wordnet
Example
More examples"The warlike Wench amongst the Greekes doth stand Vnbackt by Troy, left of her Damsels all, The battery of a thousand swords she bides, Till her yron plates are hew’d off from her sides."
Etymology
From un- + backed.
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