Adjective

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not pursued (followed, hounded)

*{{quote-book, year=1667, author=John Milton, title=Paradise Lost, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Book VI All night the dreadless Angel, unpursued , Through Heaven's wide champain held his way; till Morn, Waked by the circling Hours, with rosy hand Unbarred the gates of light. }}

*{{quote-book, year=1825, author=Samuel Johnson, title=The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 10., chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=At Guastalla, sir, they attacked the French in their trenches, even with forces inferiour in number, so far were they from any diffidence in the form of their establishment; and after a fight of seven hours, in which their loss was, under all their disadvantages, not greater than that of their enemies, they retreated to their former camp unmolested and unpursued . }}

*{{quote-book, year=1896, author=Emily Lawless, title=The Story Of Ireland, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=With doubtful patriotism he left the Danes for a while unpursued , attacked Meath, overran and wasted Connaught, and returning suddenly burnt the royal stronghold of Tara. }}

not pursued (engaged in, sought)

*{{quote-book, year=1917, author=Rudyard Kipling, title=A Diversity of Creatures, chapter=, edition= citation

, passage=Our pleasures unpursued age past recall. }}

Adjective

(-)

Not pursed.

* 1975 , George Daniel Spache, Good reading for the disadvantaged reader: multi-ethnic resources (page 14)

Obviously, verbal praise or encouragement should not be given without appropriate inflection of the voice and related facial expressions, and yet how often we hear these encouraging cliches fall from unpursed lips in an expressionless face.