unrounded

American

[uhn-roun-did] / ʌnˈraʊn dɪd /

adjective

Phonetics.

(of a vowel) pronounced without rounding the lips, as the vowel of bit.

unrounded British

/ ʌnˈraʊndɪd /

adjective

phonetics articulated with the lips spread; not rounded

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Etymology

Origin of unrounded

First recorded in 1875–80; un- ¹ + rounded

Example Sentences

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"Still, if the largest layoffs announced so far in November were to occur this month, it would raise the unrounded unemployment rate from 3.69% to 3.80%, all else being equal."

From Reuters • Nov. 23, 2022

And if not – well, fantasy food, at least, leaves your waistline unrounded.

From The Guardian • Jan. 10, 2013

His profile was thus unrounded, not from liberal bias but from something more endemic to television, a visual preference for personalities rather than analysis.

From Time Magazine Archive

How hard With an unrounded fortune to sit down!

From Poems by Hugo, Victor

At other times her long, slender arms seemed thin, in a way, and unrounded; but then her whole form took on the slim grace of a dancer and that strange light came into her eyes.

From Rimrock Jones by Coolidge, Dane

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