In the 16th century, Turkish women could divorce their husbands if the man failed to keep his family’s pot filled with coffee.
UNOILED
unoiled
(adjective) not having oil rubbed into the surface
unoiled
(adjective) in need of oil treatment; “dusty unoiled roads”; “a dull unoiled table”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
unoiled (not comparable)
Not having been oiled.
Etymology 2
Verb
unoiled
simple past tense and past participle of unoil
Source: Wiktionary
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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