unstriped

American  

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

adjective

1. not striped; nonstriated, as muscular tissue.

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unstriped British  

/ ʌnˈstraɪpt /

adjective

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

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Etymology

Origin of unstriped

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

Example Sentences

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unstriped

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

It is generally believed that the peristaltic movements of the intestines are influenced by attention being paid to them at fixed recurrent periods; and these movements depend on the contraction of unstriped and involuntary muscles.

From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

In a previous chapter we have seen that with animals the hairs are erected by the contraction of minute, unstriped, and involuntary muscles, which run to each separate follicle.

From The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin

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

From A Practical Physiology by Albert F. Blaisdell

Here, alone, at the distal portion of the tendon, occur muscular fibres, but these are unstriped, belonging to the category of cutaneous muscles.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" by Various