Uncommissioned

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not commissioned. not-comparable

    "One single individual, amidst a vast empire nearly overthrown, surveys its danger with steady eye: he measures, he appreciates it, and ventures, perhaps uncommissioned, to devote all the public and private interests a sacrifice to it."

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"One single individual, amidst a vast empire nearly overthrown, surveys its danger with steady eye: he measures, he appreciates it, and ventures, perhaps uncommissioned, to devote all the public and private interests a sacrifice to it."

Etymology

From un- + commissioned.

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