unfaced

American  

[uhn-feyst] / ʌnˈfeɪst /

adjective

Crystallography.

1. without crystal faces.

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Etymology

Origin of unfaced

First recorded in 1930–35; un- ¹ + faced

Example Sentences

Until Europe itself and the remainder of the world faced that unfaced question, no plan for Germany could be either intelligent or complete.

From Time Magazine Archive

The high ideals which, while unfaced with any great issue, she had cherished with unconscious hypocrisy failed her in the stress of her need.

From The Bigamist by Young, F.E. Mills

Shaming the Prince, whose spirit chafed to leave A gage unfaced; but when Vidarbha's gem, The Princess, heard that challenge, Nala rose: "Yea, Pushkara, I will play!" fiercely he said; And to the game addressed.

From Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala by Arnold, Edwin, Sir

It was not the finished brick of to-day but rough and unfaced.

From Remodeled Farmhouses by Northend, Mary H.

Now, constrained neither by the depression spawned of unfaced problems or subdued emotions, the world appeared as it should; I had drawn out all of the hob-goblins that my mind repressed, and scourged them.

From Through these Eyes The courageous struggle to find meaning in a life stressed with cancer by Isaacson, Lauren Ann