Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Powerless; incapable of success.
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- adjective Not
mighty ;weak .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Wayne says: unmighty aphid, read my comments at 332, try to respond to that.
Think Progress » Breaking: Terrorist Zarqawi Killed in Iraq Air Strikes 2006
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Dost thou not know that this is my land and my house, and that I am said not to be unmighty in these woods?
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And while you weak “surrender monkeys†out there bemoan the Iraqis killed in this campaign — unmighty aphid
Think Progress » Juan Williams Hits His Limit on Fox News Sunday: ‘Sometimes I Just Want To Scream’ 2006
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“And while you weak “surrender monkeys†out there bemoan the Iraqis killed in this campaign — unmighty aphid
Think Progress » Juan Williams Hits His Limit on Fox News Sunday: ‘Sometimes I Just Want To Scream’ 2006
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And if the meat be too scarce then she faileth, and is feeble and unmighty to take her prey.
Mediaeval Lore from Bartholomew Anglicus Robert Steele 1902
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S. Jerome saith of this glorious apostle S. John, that, when he was so old, so feeble and so unmighty that his disciples sustained and bare him in going to church, and as of times he rested, he said to his disciples: Fair children, love ye together, and each of you love other.
The Golden Legend, vol. 2 1230-1298 1900
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But as he followed up the chase, a mere thrall of the fleers turned on him and cast his spear, and it reached him whereas his hawberk was broken, and stood deep in, so that he fell to earth unmighty: and when his lords and chieftains drew about him, and cunning men strove to heal him, it was of no avail, and he knew that his soul was departing.
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Grim, cold-hearted, and unmighty as the tempest-driven straw.
The Story of Sigurd the Volsung William Morris 1865
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Dost thou not know that this is my land and my house, and that I am said not to be unmighty in these woods?
The Water of the Wondrous Isles William Morris 1865
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But as he followed up the chase, a mere thrall of the fleers turned on him and cast his spear, and it reached him whereas his hawberk was broken, and stood deep in, so that he fell to earth unmighty: and when his lords and chieftains drew about him, and cunning men strove to heal him, it was of no avail, and he knew that his soul was departing.
Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair William Morris 1865
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