unlaid

[ uhn-leyd ]

adjective

1. not laid or placed:

   The table is still unlaid.

2. (of dead bodies) not laid out; not prepared for burial.
3. not laid to rest, as a spirit.
4. untwisted, as a rope.

Word History and Origins

Origin of unlaid¹

First recorded in 1425–75, unlaid is from the late Middle English word unleyd. See un- ¹, laid

Example Sentences

She had unlaid one of her black braids and was replaiting it again after the havoc wrought by the prickly bushes.

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Occasionally we lighted upon land tortoises, which, with their unlaid eggs, make a very agreeable dish.

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He has been like a distracted man, a wandering Jew, an unlaid ghost, ever since you have been ill.

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Are formed of clean, unchafed yarns, drawn from condemned rope, unlaid.

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They relate a very few encounters with trolls—the hideous, unlaid, still embodied dead.

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