All 3 Uses of
deter
in
The Book Thief
- The mayor's wife was not deterred.
p. 134.2 *deterred = discouraged (prevented from continuing)
- Frau Holtzapfel was not deterred in the slightest.†
p. 386.6deterred = tried to prevent; or prevented
- They did not know who the axman was, and they did not know that he was undeterred.†
p. 448.9undeterred = not preventedstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in undeterred means not and reverses the meaning of deterred. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
Definitions:
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(1)
(deter) try to prevent; or prevent
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)