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

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

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

Must I go show them my unbarbed sconce?

From The Philosophy of the Plays of Shakspere Unfolded by Bacon, Delia

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