ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)
1534. More, Comf. agst. Trib., III. xiii. P v j. He woulde not haue lefte them vnbestowed, if he had foreknowen the chaunce.
1581. Mulcaster, Positions, xxxvi. (1887), 137. Is not that most dangerous as the vnbestowed scoller by profession is?
1622. Bacon, Hen. VII., 216. Hee had now but one Sonne, and one Daughter vnbestowed.
1794. Wordsw., Guilt & Sorrow, lix. Comfort by prouder mansions unbestowed Their wearied frames, she hoped, would soon regale.