Etymology & History
UN-CONDITIONAL (adj. and subst.)
1. 1783 «which is not conditional, which does not depend on any condition» (Linguet, Political, civil and literary annals: unconditional independence); 2. 1944-48 “which follows in all circumstances and without discussion the decisions of a man” (Camus, Actuel I: unconditional resistance); 1962 substitive employment (La Croix, 17 Nov.). Borrowed from English inconditional , unconditional (1646 unconditional “not dependent on any condition”), derived from conditional.
UN-DOMESTICATED (adj.)1787, of women, "unsuited to home life," 1813, of animals, "not brought under control of humans," from un "not" + past participle of domesticate (to tame, to bring under control or cultivation, to dwell in a house).
UN-COLONIZED (adj.) free from colonialisation process
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