unsprung
- a word derived from sprung.
Example Sentences
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The higher unsprung mass also makes the ride quality a bit more tympanic than otherwise.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
He purchased traps at the garden centre, but they would often remain unsprung or – worse – sprung and empty.
From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2017
Though he sold all he could make, Moulton found that he could not build it economically, while Raleigh countered with the launch of a copycat design, which, though heavy and unsprung, attacked Moulton sales.
From The Guardian • Dec. 10, 2012
The fun is in the trappings, and few were left unsprung on opening night.
From Time Magazine Archive
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At one unsprung marten trap he had found a couple of drops of blood which indicated that there had been something in the trap.
From The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)