unrebuilt

From un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) +‎ rebuilt.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ʌnɹiːˈbɪlt/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ʌnɹiˈbɪlt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪlt
• Hyphenation: un‧re‧built

unrebuilt (not comparable)

1. Not rebuilt. [from early 18th c.]

   Antonym: rebuilt

   2. Of something damaged or destroyed: not built again, not reconstructed.

      Synonym: unreconstructed

      Antonym: reconstructed

      • 1708, The Cupulo. A Poem. Occasion’d by the Vote of the House of Commons, for Covering that of St. Paul’s with British Copper, London: […] J[ohn] Morphew […], →OCLC, page 7:

        Long had St. Paul look’d dovvnvvard from the Sky, / To ſee his fav’rite Pile [St. Paul’s Cathedral] unfiniſh’d lie; / And ev’n in fair Auguſta’s Boſom plac’d, / Its Altars unrebuilt, its Shrines defac’d.

      • 1714, James Paterson, “Sts. Anne and Agnes”, in Pietas Londinensis: Or, The Present Ecclesiastical State of London; […], London: […] Joseph Downing […], for William Taylor, […], →OCLC, page 26:

        The old Pariſh Church of St. John Zachary near adjoyning, in St. Annes-lane, being unrebuilt, and converted into a burial Place for the old Pariſh, vvas by Act of Parliament annexed to this [the parish church of Sts. Anne and Agnes]; […]

      • 1852, Henry H. Tator, An Oration Commemorative of the Character of Thomas Jefferson, Albany, N.Y.: Joel Munsell, […], →OCLC, page 18:

        [I]f Americans are true to themselves, posterity will never read their history in ruins unrebuilt, but will read it rather as we read nature's works, by a gradually passing away of old, though useful things, and a gradual, yet certain substitution of new things, still more useful, beautiful, glorious and complete.

   4. Of something existing: not modified or renovated; still in its original form.

      Synonyms: unmodified, unrefurbished, unrenewed, unrenovated

      Antonyms: modified, refurbished, renewed, renovated; (of vehicle engines and transmissions) remanufactured

      Near-synonym: unoverhauled

      • 1959 March, Cecil J[ohn] Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, London: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 131:

        Finally, a note from Mr. D. G. Selwyn to point out that the run of his timing behind "Merchant Navy" Pacific No. 35005 Canadian Pacific, also described in January, on which a fine performance was achieved with a 460-ton load on a day of very bad weather, was with the engine in its unrebuilt and not its rebuilt form, and thus was all the more creditable to the unnamed engine-crew concerned.

      • 1962 August, “Motive Power Miscellany: London Midland Region: Central Lines”, in Modern Railways, Shepperton, Surrey: Ian Allan Publishing, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 136:

        Only two unrebuilt "Patriots", Nos. 45543/50, were active from Carnforth by the end of June; 11 more of this type have been withdrawn.

      • 2022, Peter Waller, “Huddersfield”, in British Trolleybus Systems: Yorkshire: An Historic Overview, Barnsley, South Yorkshire; Philadelphia, Pa.: Pen and Sword Transport, →ISBN, image caption, page 65:

        This was one of sixty-five Karrier E6s fitted with Park Royal sixty-four-seat bodywork […] The unrebuilt examples were all withdrawn – with the exception of No 104 that was taken out of service in 1945 – between 1949 and 1956; the rebuilt examples were to follow between 1959 and 1962. Five of the unrebuilt examples were sold to Epsom & Ewell Council and converted into mobile temporary toilets.