unrecruitable

[Pref. un- (1), and Eng. recruitable.] 1. Not recruitable; not capable of being recruited; incapable of regaining a supply of what has been lost, wasted, or the like; as, unrecruitable strength. 2. Incapable of receiving or obtaining recruits or fresh supplies of men, as an army, . "Empty and unrecruitable colonels of twenty men in a company."- Milton : Of Education. *un-re-crûit'-ed, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. recruited.] Furnished with fresh or additional supplies, as of men, . "Yet unrecruited with additional strength."- Fuller : Worthies ; Cheshire. *un-rě-cum-bent, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. recumbent .] Not recumbent; not lying down. (Cowper: Task , v. 29.) *un-re-cür-ing, a . [Pref. un- (1), and Mid. Eng. recure =recover.] Incurable; past cure. "That hath received some unrecuring wound." Shakesp.: Titus Andronicus , iii. 1. ŭn-re-deēmed', adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English redeemed.] 1. Not redeemed, not ransomed. "A carnal, unredeemed, unregenerate person."-Bishop Hall: Sermons , vol. iii., ser. 2. 2. Not taken out of pledge or pawn. 'Pawnbrokers lose on an average 10 per cent. on unredeemed goods." - London Echo. 3. Not recalled into the treasury or bank by pay un-rě-flect-ing, adject. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. reflecting.] Not reflecting; unthinking, heedle , thoughtle . "From unreflecting ignorance preserved." Words worth: Excursion, bk. iv. *un-re-form-a-ble, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. reformable.] Incapable of reformation; not capable of being reformed or amended. "The just extinguishment of unreformable persons." Hooker : Eccles. Politie , bk. vii., § 24. *ŭn-ref-or-mā-tion, s. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. reformation.] The state or condition of being unreformed; want of reformation. "Added to their unreformation an impudence in sinning."-Bp. Hall: Sermon Eccl. iii. 4. un-re-formed', adj. [Pref. un- (1), and English reformed.] 1. Not reformed; not reclaimed from vice to virtue. "Every vicious habit or unreformed sin."-Bp. Taylor: Sermons, vol. i., ser. 12. 2. Not corrected or amended; not freed from defects, inaccuracies, blemishes, faults, or the like. "Leave those frightful anomalies to be unreformed ."London Evening News . 3. Not elected under the provisions of a Reform Bill. [REFORM Астѕ.] "The more congenial arena of an unreformed Parliament."- St . James's Gazette , Feb. 14, 1888. ŭn-re-frăct-ěd, adj. [Pref. un- (1), and English refracted.] Not refracted, as rays of light. "The sun's circular image is made by an unrefracted beam of light."- Newton : Optics. ŭn-rě-frěshed', adj. [Pref. un- (1), and English refreshed.] Not refreshed; not comforted, cheered, or relieved. "Unrefreshed with either food or wine." Cowper: Homer's Ody ey, iv. *un-re-fund-ing, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. refunding.] Not refunding, restoring, or returning. "On that enormous, unrefunding tomb How just this verse, this monumental sigh!" Young: Night Thoughts , vii. 83. *un-re-füş-a-ble, adj . [Pref. un- (1); English refuse, and -able .] Not capable of being refused; reasonable, just. "The most unrefusable demand."-Carlyle. un-rě-füş-ing, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English notes, . 4. Not redeemed; not counterbalanced or allevi ated by any countervailing quality. "Disgraces, unredeemed by a single brilliant achievement." -Macaulay : Hist . Eng . , ch. xiv. promise. 5. Not redeemed or fulfilled, as a pledge or ŭn-re-dre ed', adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English redre ed.] 1. Not redre ed; not relieved from injustice. "He sorrow'd unredre ed." Pope : Homer's Iliad , xviii. 520. *2. Not removed; not reformed; not compensated for or requited. "The insult went not unredre ed ." Scott : Lord of the Isles , iv. 16. *ŭn-rě-dūçed', adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English reduced.] Not reduced or subdued. "The earl divided all the rest of the Irish countries, unreduced, into shires."-Davies: Ireland. *un-rě-düç-i-ble-ně , adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English reduciblene .] The quality or state of not being reducible. "Their strangene and unreducible ne to the common methods and observations of nature." South: Sermons, vol. iii., ser. 6. ŭn-reēve', v . t . [Prefix un- (2), and Eng. reeve , verb.] Nautical : To withdraw or take out a rope from a block, thimble, . *ŭn-re-fer-ring, a. [Pref. un- (1), and English referring .] Without reference; not referring. "Unreferring to any of his former achievements." Fuller: Ch . Hist ., III. ix. 5. un-rě-fined', adj. [Pref. un- (1), and English refined.] 1. Lit .: Not refined; not purified. "Muscovada, as we call our unrefin'd sugar."- Dampier : Voyages (an. 1699). 2. Fig .: Not refined or polished in manners, taste, or the like; coarse. "Those early and unrefined ages."-Burke: A Vindica tion of Natural Society . *un-re-flect-ed, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and English reflected.] Not reflected, as rays of light. "There, unrefusing , to the harne 'd yoke They lend their shoulder." Thomson: Spring , 38. *un-re-gāin'-a-ble, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. regainable .] Incapable of being regained or won back. "Wild struggles and clutch ings towards the unattain able, the unregainable ." -Carlyle: Reminiscences, i. 281. *ŭn-re-gard-a-ble, a. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. regardable.] Not worthy or deserving of regard or notice. "Unproving illustrations and unregardable testimonies." Bp. Hall: Remons. Defense, § 13. *un-re-gard-ant, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. regardant .] Taking no notice; unnoticing. "An unregardant eye." Southey: Don Roderick , xiv. un-rě-gard-ěd, a . [Pref. un- (1), and English regarded.] Not regarded; not heeded; unnoticed, unheeded, neglected, slighted. "Guilele I wander, unregarded mourn, While these exalt their scepters o'er my urn." Pope : Thebais of Statius , 105. ŭn-rě-gen-er-a-çỹ, s. [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. regeneracy. The quality or state of being unre generate; want or absence of regeneracy. "We are still in the condition of unregeneracy and death, and though we thus seek we shall not enter."Glanvill: Sermons , No. 1. un-rě-gen-er-ate, un-rě-gen-er-at-ěd, adj . [Pref. un- (1), and Eng. regenerate, regenerated .] Not regenerate; not regenerated; not renewed in heart; in a state of nature; not brought to a new life. "In or by their natural unregenerate state."-Water land: Works ix. 483.