unwithstood

English

Etymology

un- +‎ withstood

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ʊd

Adjective

unwithstood (not comparable)

Unopposed, not resisted.
- 1819, Percy Shelley, The Masque of Anarchy:
  As if their own indignant Earth
  
  Which gave the sons of England birth
  
  Had felt their blood upon her brow,
  
  And shuddering with a mother's throe
  
  Had turned every drop of blood
  
  By which her face had been bedewed
  
  To an accent unwithstood, —
  
  As if her heart had cried aloud: [...]

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