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Unbacked

adjective
1.
Unsupported by other people.  Synonyms: single-handed, unassisted.





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"Unbacked" Quotes from Famous Books



... at the thought of his ramping war-horses answering to that description. He used to buy unbacked devils, and tame them on some pet theory of starvation. ...
— Soldier Stories • Rudyard Kipling
... him, the animal half of the female is lovely; a Thessalian filly, yet unbroken and unbacked, might come nearest; and the human upper half is also most beautiful, with the one exception of the ears, which are pointed as in a satyr. At the point of junction which blends the two natures, there is no sharp line of division, ...
— Works, V2 • Lucian of Samosata


Words linked to "Unbacked" :   unsupported, unassisted


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