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unrounded

American  
[uhn-roun-did] / ʌnˈraʊn dɪd /

adjective

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


unrounded British  
/ ʌnˈraʊndɪd /

adjective

  1. phonetics articulated with the lips spread; not rounded

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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

At the very end of the Anglo-Saxon period, say about 1050 to 1100 A.D., the ü, whether long or short, became unrounded to i.

From Language An Introduction to the Study of Speech by Sapir, Edward

How hard With an unrounded fortune to sit down!

From Poems by Hugo, Victor

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