unstayedness

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noun

Lack of restraint; impulsiveness.

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Meanings

noununstayedness (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableLack of restraint; impulsiveness.

    Other fathers, if they perceive any wildness or unstayedness in their children, […]

    1858, John Timbs, School-days of Eminent Men, page 109
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    […] and have true desires thus to wait upon him, and find great difficulty through the unstayedness of their minds […]

    1780, Robert Barclay (the Elder), An apology for the true Christian divinity (page 358)

Origin

From unstayed + -ness.

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APA

unstayedness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstayedness

MLA

“unstayedness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstayedness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unstayedness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unstayedness.

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