unredressed en · ADJ
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 redressed English unredressed From un- + redressed.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not redressed.
A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes its redresser.
1846, Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado: