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uncaused

[ uhn-kawzd ]

adjective

  1. not resulting from some antecedent cause.


uncaused

/ ʌnˈkɔːzd /

adjective

  1. rare.
    not brought into existence by any cause; spontaneous or natural
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of uncaused1

First recorded in 1620–30; un- 1 + cause ( def ) + -ed 2( def )
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Example Sentences

The latter two approaches avoid the need for any uncaused events—and this gives them a distinctive appeal.

Surely the aspect in which it is not determined is absolutely removed from God's control and altogether uncaused.

In none of these directions do we make the least allowance for the operation of an uncaused "will."

It is a thing which is forever causing, but which is in itself uncaused.

He limited his inquiry to the question—whether there exists in human affairs such a thing as an “uncaused and creative action.”

He guards, here, against the error of looking upon the individual act of will as uncaused.

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