unrounded

American  

[uhn-roun-did] / ʌnˈraʊn dɪd /

adjective

Phonetics.

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

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unrounded British  

/ ʌnˈraʊndɪd /

adjective

1. 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

"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

He was standing on the curb in front of the hotel, his decision still unrounded, when he noticed a closed carriage hard by the fountain in the Platz.

From The Goose Girl by MacGrath, Harold

Wait until the bitterness of an ambitious and unrounded life could formulate this evil impulse.

From The Mississippi Bubble by Hough, Emerson