unpossessed
- a word derived from possessed.
Example Sentences
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He wants to change art into a system of total environments, which can be enjoyed but never possessed�as a sunset is unpossessed.
From Time Magazine Archive
“I heard there by chance, yesterday morning,” said Wemmick, “that a certain person not altogether of uncolonial pursuits, and not unpossessed of portable property,—I don’t know who it may really be,—we won’t name this person—”
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
I am not unschooled in the arts of gallantry, but my lessons were administered through observation rather than practice; and I found myself unpossessed of even the slightest article of sense.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
In the year 1578 Sir Humphrey Gilbert obtained from Queen Elizabeth letters patent, authorizing him to discover and colonize remote heathen countries unpossessed by any Christian prince.
From History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia by Campbell, Charles
At that moment Mrs. Cary entered the room for dinner, and the discussion of unpossessed resources came to an abrupt end.
From The Old Gray Homestead by Keyes, Frances Parkinson
