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unrounded

American  
[uhn-raun-did] / ʌnˈraʊn dɪd /

adjective

Phonetics.
  1. (of a vowel) pronounced without rounding the lips, as the vowel of bit.


unrounded British  
/ ʌnˈraʊndɪd /

adjective

  1. phonetics articulated with the lips spread; not rounded

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of unrounded

First recorded in 1875–80; un- 1 + rounded


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"Still, if the largest layoffs announced so far in November were to occur this month, it would raise the unrounded unemployment rate from 3.69% to 3.80%, all else being equal."

From Reuters ● Nov. 23, 2022

And if not – well, fantasy food, at least, leaves your waistline unrounded.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 10, 2013

His profile was thus unrounded, not from liberal bias but from something more endemic to television, a visual preference for personalities rather than analysis.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was standing on the curb in front of the hotel, his decision still unrounded, when he noticed a closed carriage hard by the fountain in the Platz.

From The Goose Girl by Harold MacGrath

The whole house, with its wings, was constructed of the old-fashioned Dutch shingles—broad, and with unrounded corners.

From The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 by Edgar Allan Poe

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