unsustained

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Unsustained by his lively conversation, Tancred felt all the depression natural to his position; and, restless and disquieted, wandered about the valley in the moonlight, recalling the vanished images of the past.

From Tancred Or, The New Crusade by Disraeli, Benjamin, Earl of Beaconsfield

Unsustained, the Declaration of Independence was probable death to many—a more severe slavery for the survivors.

From Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution by Judson, L. Carroll

A. Unsustained Metaphor He was still in the middle of those twenty years of neglect which only began to lift in 1868.

From Society for Pure English, Tract 11 Three Articles on Metaphor by Society for Pure English