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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English entitled English unentitled From un- + entitled.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Not entitled; ineligible.
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(not-comparable) To which someone is not entitled.
“Nay, Pierre, that is my office; thou art first entitled to my tale, then, if it suit thee, thou shalt make me the unentitled gift of thine. […]”
1852, Herman Melville, Pierre; or The Ambiguities: