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unstoried

American  
[uhn-stawr-eed, -stohr-] / ʌnˈstɔr id, -ˈstoʊr- /

adjective

  1. without a history; not written as history or told as folklore.

    an unstoried island.


Etymology

Origin of unstoried

First recorded in 1765–75; un- 1 + storied 1


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Throughout my unstoried tennis career, I lost to plenty of players, but Lisa was the one I remembered.

From Slate ● Apr. 10, 2013

There are graves and ruins everywhere; and the poet's thought returns from these scenes of unstoried desolation, to follow again the course of man in the Old World annals.

From Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions by William Dean Howells

We know who built the Coliseum, but in its unstoried origin, the Veronese arena has the mystery of the Pyramids.

From Italian Journeys by William Dean Howells

Stagnating in the shallow pools of the unstoried rocks in which she passed her life, these grand qualities were wasted and perverted.

From The Forest of Vazon A Guernsey Legend of the Eighth Century by Anonymous

The winding wave Thence to triangled Egypt guides thee, where A distant home awaits thee, fated mother Of an unstoried race.

From The English Novel And the Principle of its Development by Sidney Lanier

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