current
adjective
passing in time; belonging to the time actually passing.
uncurrent
-
a word derived from
current.
Example Sentences
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Often good turns Are shuffled off with such uncurrent pay; But were my worth, as is my conscience, firm, You should find better dealing.
From Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
At least I think it might be read, With what encounter so uncurrent have I Strain'd to appear thus?
From Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies by Samuel Johnson
There might have been, and there probably was, an uncurrent or counterfeit note found in the drawer by Leavitt.
From Select Speeches of Daniel Webster, 1817-1845 by Daniel Webster
Throne and Crown await Thee—Throne and Crown Without thy Impress but uncurrent Gold, Not to be stamp’d by one not worthy Them; Behold!
From Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám and Salámán and Absál Together With A Life Of Edward Fitzgerald And An Essay On Persian Poetry By Ralph Waldo Emerson by Edward FitzGerald
Pray God, your voice, like a piece of uncurrent gold, be not cracked within the ring.—Masters, you are all welcome.
From Hamlet by William Shakespeare
