uncaused

uncaused
adjective Date: 15th century having no antecedent cause

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  • Uncaused — Un*caused , a. Having no antecedent cause; uncreated; self existent; eternal. A. Baxter. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • uncaused — index baseless Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • uncaused — [unkôzd′] adj. not caused or created; self existent …   English World dictionary

  • uncaused — adjective a) That which happens spontaneously, unintended and uninitiated. b) Since all things must come from something that causes them the uncaused cause is that one thing that began the chain of existance, often identified as God …   Wiktionary

  • uncaused — adjective having no cause or apparent cause (Freq. 1) a causeless miracle fortuitous encounters strange accidents of fortune we cannot regard artistic invention as...uncaused and unrelated to the times • Syn: ↑causeless, ↑fortuitous …   Useful english dictionary

  • uncaused — /un kawzd /, adj. not resulting from some antecedent cause. [1620 30; UN 1 + CAUSED] * * * …   Universalium

  • uncaused — Synonyms and related words: accidental, adventitious, aleatory, casual, causeless, chance, chancy, contingent, destinal, dicey, fatal, fatidic, fluky, fortuitous, iffy, incidental, increate, indeterminate, risky, self existing, unbegotten,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • uncaused — un·caused …   English syllables

  • uncaused — un•caused [[t]ʌnˈkɔzd[/t]] adj. without an antecedent cause • Etymology: 1620–30 …   From formal English to slang

  • uncaused — /ʌnˈkɔzd/ (say un kawzd) adjective not resulting from a prior cause; self existent …  

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