unbreathed

American

[uhn-breethd] / ʌnˈbriðd /

adjective

not breathed.

unbreathed air.
not disclosed; uncommunicated, as a secret.

Etymology

Origin of unbreathed

First recorded in 1580–90; un- ¹ + breathed

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unbreathed

Unfortunately, much of it seems commonplace, passionless, unbreathed upon.

From Time Magazine Archive

There is also the formless, unbreathed word of mood and dream and passion.

From Test Pilot by Jimmy Collins

They were the nearest and their horses were quite unbreathed.

From Patsy by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

The old man spake; Yet in him lived a thought unbreathed: 'How oft Have trophies risen to blazon deeds accursed!

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by Aubrey De Vere

Then Khoda Dad Khan, eloquent and unbreathed, for he had taken no part in the fight, rose to improve the occasion.

From Life's Handicap by Rudyard Kipling

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