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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Quotation dates: 1649-1698
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(Unharty,) Unhearty, -ie, adj. [Late ME and e.m.E. vnhearty (Prompt. Parv.), vnhartie (1583); Harty adj.] a. False, insincere. b. Low-spirited, listless. —a. a1650 Row 19.
They who openlie professed the true doctrine, and yet possessed the kirk rents, were not onlie unheartie friends, but, under colour, great hinderers of the … approbation of the Books of Policie —b. a1698 Fraser Mem. (1738) 136.
I … lost my assurance, peace and strength, and became very unhearty and indisposed
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