Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not specially applied; not put or directed to some special object or purpose.
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- adjective That has not been
applied .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Many of the current laws on the books would be moot, unused and unapplied except in very rare, blatantly obvious cases of wrongdoing, were juries doing their jobs of reflecting the proper application of the law.
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Not if they are taught as an end in themselves, which is the problem of the unapplied grammar teaching that Wilkins refers to.
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What people want to do through language is more important than the mastery of language as an unapplied system.
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Why is it that “the mastery of language as an unapplied system” again takes precedence over its communicative purposes?
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This tendency can quite easily become exaggerated as the attempt to master language as an unapplied system.
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I think about the success my own coursebook series has had over the past couple of years (a 24-book series that focuses on “skills” – rather similar to the notional/functional approach you describe above, with “strategies” treated as facilitative actions that build on broader communicative skills), and it seems to be pretty good evidence that an applied (as opposed to unapplied) system still has resonance with learners and schools.
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It is important for technology companies to be doing this sort of unapplied research.
Sir James Dyson funds £1.4m professorship at Cambridge University 2011
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Why is it that “the mastery of language as an unapplied system” again takes precedence over its communicative purposes?
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What people want to do through language is more important than the mastery of language as an unapplied system.
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It's unpopular with those that study state and federal constitutions that have equal protections clauses knowing they are going unapplied to millions.
Charles Karel Bouley: Dear Perez: Miss California Gave The Right Answer For The Moment 2009
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