unbarbed

American  

[uhn-bahrbd] / ʌnˈbɑrbd /

adjective

1. barbless.

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Etymology

Origin of unbarbed

First recorded in 1555–65; un- ¹ + barb ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

I'm glad I took it--it was the only refreshing thing in that dry, unrevealing, tense half-hour, which was odd since the questions were unbarbed and the subject well known to this doting father.

From Time Magazine Archive

Having spread his excellent bed of barbed and unbarbed arrows, that hero lieth on it like the divine Skanda on a clump of heath.

From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan

Because thy arrows, not yet dire, Are still unbarbed with destined fire, I fear thee more than hadst thou stood Full-panoplied in womanhood.

From Modern British Poetry by Untermeyer, Louis

The men carried small, unbarbed fish-spears, the women and children baskets and bundles of oap.

From "Five-Head" Creek; and Fish Drugging In The Pacific 1901 by Becke, Louis

Flameless—motionless—hurtless—the fine arrow; unplumed, unpoisoned, and unbarbed; aimless—shall we say also, readers young and old, travelling or abiding?

From Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens by Ruskin, John