Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for UN-IM-PROV'ED
UN-IM-PROV'A-BLYUN-IM-PROV'ING
UN-IM-PROV'ED, a.
- Not improved; not made better or wiser; not advanced in knowledge, manners or excellence. Rawle. Pope. Glanville.
- Not used for a valuable purpose. How many advantages unimproved have we to regret. As. Research. 1. x.
- Not used; not employed. Hamilton. Ramsay.
- Not tilled; not cultivated; as, unimproved land or soil; unimproved lots of ground. Laws of Penn. Franklin. Ramsay.
- Uncensured; not disapproved. [This sense, from the L. improbo, is entirely obsolete.]
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