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unstriped

American  
[uhn-strahypt, -strahy-pid] / ʌnˈstraɪpt, -ˈstraɪ pɪd /

adjective

  1. not striped; nonstriated, as muscular tissue.


unstriped British  
/ ʌnˈstraɪpt /

adjective

  1. (esp of smooth muscle) not having stripes; unstriated

"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 unstriped

First recorded in 1835–45; un- 1 + striped

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Do you chuckle when you see that the Yankees unstriped the Tigers, or do you cringe when the Capitals overrule the Rangers?

From New York Times May 6, 2015

Hence their name of non-striated, or unstriped, and smooth muscles.

From A Practical Physiology by Blaisdell, Albert F.

It was of pale blue taffetas striped in a darker blue, with the corsage cut in basques, and the underskirt of a similar taffetas, but unstriped.

From The Old Wives' Tale by Bennett, Arnold

F. The unstriped muscular fibre, more properly the fusiform-cell fibre, which carries on the involuntary internal movements.

From Medical Essays, 1842-1882 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

In small repeated doses it will produce contraction of all the unstriped muscles, as those of the blood vessels, the womb, and intestines.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 392, July 7, 1883 by Various

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