ppl. a. [UN-1 8. Cf. Du. ongebeterd, MHG. ungebezzert (G. -bessert), MSw. obätrad.] Not made better; unimproved.

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1628.  Wither, Brit. Rememb., IV. 941. All they that goe Unbetter’d from such objects, worse doe grow.

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1648.  Sparke, Pref. to J. Shute’s Sarah & Hagar, b j. He … so tempered the wine and oil together, that none (but through his own default) might go away unbettered.

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1813.  Shelley, Q. Mab, IV. 81. From kings, and priests, and statesmen, war arose, Whose safety is man’s deep unbettered woe.

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1845.  Bailey, Festus (ed. 2), 310. Even these … Unbent, unbettered will again rush forth in all the might of madness and despair.

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