ppl. a. (UN-1 8. Cf. older Du. ongehuurt (Du. ongehuurd), Sw. ohyrd.)
1617. Moryson, Itin., To Rdr. I wrote at leasure, giuing (like a free and vnhired workeman) much time to pleasure.
1653. Milton, Hirelings, Wks. 1851, V. 348. And who unhir’d will be so hardy as to say, that [etc.]?
1821. Scott, Kenilw., iv. There … is thy morning wage—thou shalt not say thou hast been my guide unhired.
1852. Mundy, Antipodes (1857), 203. There were … three hundred of them unhired at the Immigrant Dépôt.
