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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 Howells, William Dean

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

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

From Italian Journeys by Howells, William Dean

But in the unstoried solitudes of America, the traveller meets with nothing to awaken the sympathy of his recollective feelings.

From The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself by Galt, John

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