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  • adjective Not storied; lacking history.

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un- +‎ storied

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Examples

  • All the “legends of the Neckar,” which I invented for that unstoried region, are here; one is in the Appendix.

    Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

  • Stagnating in the shallow pools of the unstoried rocks in which she passed her life, these grand qualities were wasted and perverted.

    The Forest of Vazon A Guernsey Legend of the Eighth Century Anonymous

  • All the "legends of the Neckar," which I invented for that unstoried region, are here; one is in the Appendix.

    Mark Twain, a Biography. Complete Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • All the "legends of the Neckar," which I invented for that unstoried region, are here; one is in the Appendix.

    Mark Twain, a Biography — Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900 Albert Bigelow Paine 1899

  • As they sauntered along the path together, they came now and then to a stately palace like that of the Contarini, where the lions, that give their name to one branch of the family, crouch in stone before the grand portal; but most of the houses were interesting only from their unstoried possibilities to the imagination.

    A Foregone Conclusion William Dean Howells 1878

  • There are graves and ruins everywhere; and the poet's thought returns from these scenes of unstoried desolation, to follow again the course of man in the Old World annals.

    Modern Italian Poets Essays and Versions William Dean Howells 1878

  • We know who built the Coliseum, but in its unstoried origin, the Veronese arena has the mystery of the Pyramids.

    Italian Journeys William Dean Howells 1878

  • But in the unstoried solitudes of America, the traveller meets with nothing to awaken the sympathy of his recollective feelings.

    The Life Studies And Works Of Benjamin West Esq Galt, John 1820

  • But in the unstoried solitudes of America, the traveller meets with nothing to awaken the sympathy of his recollective feelings.

    The Life, Studies, and Works of Benjamin West, Esq. Composed from Materials Furnished by Himself John Galt 1809

  • Generation Y is "a largely unstoried and memoryless generation", a remarkable state that naturally erodes commitment to traditional forms of religious identity.

    The Guardian World News 2010

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