Unreckoned
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Not reckoned; not counted or measured. not-comparable
"In subsequent Zuckerman novels we learned that Nathan went on to achieve a very un-Lonoff-like fame with a scandalous best seller (not unlike Mr. Roth’s own “Portnoy’s Complaint”) that cut him off from his family and his past, and forced him to grapple with the unreckoned consequences of his art."
Example
More examples"In subsequent Zuckerman novels we learned that Nathan went on to achieve a very un-Lonoff-like fame with a scandalous best seller (not unlike Mr. Roth’s own “Portnoy’s Complaint”) that cut him off from his family and his past, and forced him to grapple with the unreckoned consequences of his art."
Etymology
From Middle English unrekind, unrekend; equivalent to un- + reckoned.
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