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

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unbarbed

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

This is attached to a long line and fitted into a copper cap on the end of a long pole, the whole constituting an unbarbed spear.

From Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 by Various

The capsules with unbarbed threads are very nearly as broad at the distal as at the proximal end; they are broadly oval with rounded ends.

From Freshwater Sponges, Hydroids & Polyzoa by Annandale, Nelson

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