gauge
verb (used with object)
to determine the exact dimensions, capacity, quantity, or force of; measure.
ungauged
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a word derived from
gauge.
Example Sentences
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It was the whole ungauged pressure of his personality.
From The Tower of Oblivion by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
“Dorothea looked deep into the ungauged reservoir of Mr. Casaubon’s mind, seeing reflected there every quality she herself brought.”
From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Nathan Sheppard
And such a voice!—rich, soft, transcendent, yet suggesting ungauged resources of enchantment unconsciously held in reserve.
From Such Is Life by Joseph Furphy
So the ungauged reservoir turns out to be an inclosed basin, but Dorothea was prevented by her social lot, and perverse goodness, and puritanical p.
From The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete by Nathan Sheppard
Yet there are many ungauged forces on the side of the greater settlement.
From New York Times Current History: The European War, Vol 2, No. 1, April, 1915 April-September, 1915 by Various
