Unconned

adj, slang

adj, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not conned; not studied or learned. not-comparable

    "I have known school-boys, who were so deeply impressed with the horrors of Monday morning, and the dread of what was to ensue from unconned lessons, and questions which they could neither answer nor understand[…]"

  2. 2
    Not defrauded or tricked. not-comparable, slang

    "[…] circumstances arrayed against him and the citizenry he does his best to keep unconned, are awesomely beyond control. Fraud is as old as the world — and to beleaguered Los Angeles it only seems as if the crime is a local monopoly."

Example

More examples

"I have known school-boys, who were so deeply impressed with the horrors of Monday morning, and the dread of what was to ensue from unconned lessons, and questions which they could neither answer nor understand[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From un- + conned, past participle of con (“to study, learn”).

Etymology 2

From un- + conned, past participle of con (“to deceive”).

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