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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 spanked English unspanked From un- + spanked.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not spanked.
These serve as pathetic substitutes for the love he craves but has never received. Though unpublicized, many an unspanked child has developed a healthy personality.
1957, Robert O Blood, Anticipating Your Marriage:[…] the most devoted mother or father is prone to regard as unspanked brats children who to a third party appear quite as well as the critic's own.
1918, The Atlantic Monthly: