unmade

[ uhn-meyd ]
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adjective
  1. not made.

  2. Falconry. unmanned (def. 2).

Origin of unmade

1
Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at un-1, made

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How to use unmade in a sentence

  • Before we move on, Smith points to a small black-and-white Polaroid of an unmade mattress.

    Patti Smith's Private World | Rachel Wolff | January 7, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • When you have unmade your toilet you may touch that bell, and you will be nicely buttered and salted for the iron.

  • The bed still unmade, but the square box of a place otherwise clean and tidy.

    A Sheaf of Corn | Mary E. Mann
  • Such beaches as are fashionable are here made and unmade in a day, I may almost say, by the sea shifting its sands.

    Cape Cod | Henry D. Thoreau
  • No sooner was her back turned than Amory, flinging aside the curtain on its little rail, lay down on her unmade bed.

    Gray youth | Oliver Onions
  • The road is not only unmade, but is neglected and allowed to fall into such deep ruts and puddles as to make it almost impassable.

    The Vultures | Henry Seton Merriman

British Dictionary definitions for unmade

unmade

/ (ʌnˈmeɪd) /


verb
  1. the past tense and past participle of unmake

adjective
  1. not yet made

  2. existing without having been made or created

  1. falconry another word for unmanned (def. 4)

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