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unreproved en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + reproved.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not reproved.
    • No good riding master will teach a pupil to cluck or will permit the practice to pass unreproved, and riding-school horses do not understand it, and are quite as likely to start at the cluck of a rider on the other side of the ring as they are when a similar noise is made by the person on their own backs. 1890, Theo. Stephenson Browne, In the Riding-School; Chats With Esmeralda:
    • Mirth, admit me of thy crew To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free [...] 1645, John Milton, L'Allegro:

Deriveds

unreprovedly