unbefriended

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Participles, or participial adjectives, reversed in sense by the prefix un; as, unaspiring, unavailing, unbelieving, unbattered, uninjured, unbefriended.

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold

Thou art not left unbefriended and alone to buffet the storms of the wilderness.

From The Words of Jesus by Macduff, John R. (John Ross)

A higher boon than these his prayer demands: O grant me, Phoebus, calm content, Strength unimpaired, a mind entire, Old age without dishonour spent, Nor unbefriended of the lyre.

From Horace by Tuckwell, William

They wander unsettled and unbefriended through our land, or sit indolent, abject and sorrowful, by the "streams which witness their captivity."

From Thoughts on African Colonization by Garrison, William Lloyd

Mrs. Hurley is still there, the "Mend of the poor" for miles around, carrying sympathy, advice, and assistance to thousands of unbefriended creatures, and teaching faithfully all day in the School.

From The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them by Brace, Charles Loring