English

Adjective

unpursued ‎(not comparable)

1. not pursued (followed, hounded)
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost:

     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.

   • 1825, Samuel Johnson, The Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. 10.:

     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.

   • 1896, Emily Lawless, The Story Of Ireland:

     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.

2. not pursued (engaged in, sought)
   • 1917, Rudyard Kipling, A Diversity of Creatures:

     Our pleasures unpursued age past recall.