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unbarbed

unbarbed adjective: not barbed. Also the simple past and past participle of unbarb.

Adjective

unbarbed (not comparable)

  1. Not barbed.
    • But now there is tuna from small, family-run companies that ply the Pacific, mostly off northern California, Oregon and Washington, and catch the fish using rods with unbarbed hooks, not vast nets, so there is no unwanted “by-catch.”2007 October 17, Florence Fabricant, “Food Stuff”, in New York Times

Also used as

unbarbed is also the simple past and past participle of unbarb.

Origin of unbarbed

From un- + barbed.

Questions about unbarbed

What does unbarbed mean?
Unbarbed means not barbed.
What part of speech is unbarbed?
Unbarbed is an adjective.

Words near unbarbed in the dictionary

  1. unbarbarized
  2. unbarbarizes
  3. unbarbarizing
  4. unbarbarous
  5. unbarbecued
  6. unbarbed
  7. unbarbered
  8. unbarbing
  9. unbarbs
  10. unbarcoded
  11. unbare

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