unset

[ uhn-set ]

adjective

1. not set; not solidified or made firm, as concrete or asphalt.
2. (of a gemstone) not mounted in a setting. set.

unset

/ ʌnˈsɛt /

adjective

1. not yet solidified or firm
2. (of a gem) not yet in a setting
3. (of textual matter) not yet composed

Word History and Origins

Origin of unset¹

1350–1400; Middle English: (of a time) unappointed; un- ², set

Example Sentences

What light there was in the place scintillated on a layer of unset diamonds in the bottom of the bag.

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"There were one hundred thousand dollars worth of unset diamonds in that store tonight," Black Hood said.

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Freckles tilted a tray of unset stones from Peacock's that would have ransomed several valuable kings.

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After this, Thrasher opened another box and took out what seemed, by their glitter, to be some unset diamonds.

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I told the "Spider" about it and he said that he had several unset stones he'd let me have for next to nothing.

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