Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Not pleaded; not urged.
  • Undefended by an advocate.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not used as a plea; not urged.
  • adjective Not supported by pleas; undefended.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Not used as a plea; not urged.
  • adjective Not supported by pleas; undefended.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

un- +‎ pleaded

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Examples

  • When once Lady Seyntaubyne formed any plan, and set her heart on its accomplishment, she left no argument unpleaded to carry her point.

    The Curate and His Daughter, a Cornish Tale 2008

  • _ Death! doomed to die! condemned unheard! unpleaded!

    Venice Preserved A Tragedy in Five Acts Thomas Otway 1668

  • The 35-page filing by the City states that it is "aggrieved" by Judge Ney's ruling of last January 6, alleging that Ney's court "erred ... when it ruled, that the City violated its charter (1) because this unpleaded claim was raised for the first time in the middle of the trial, (2) the City Charter does not require that the City Council set rates every year so that receipts of the water system will equal expenses, and (3) there was no evidence that the water system had lost money for three straight years."

    Falls Church News-Press Online 2010

  • The petition alleges that Ney's court "erred when it allowed Fairfax Water to claim, and ultimately rules, that the City violated its charter (1) because the this unpleaded claim was raised for the first time in the middle of the trial, (2) the City Charter does not require that the City Council set rates every year so that receipts of the water system will equal expenses, and (3) there was no evidence that the water system had lost money for three straight years."

    Falls Church News-Press Online 2010

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