Uncommissioned

"Uncommissioned" in a Sentence (2 examples)

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.

Why should not a widow, having two uncommissioned sons in the army, have her remaining son exempt, as well as if her husband were still living?

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