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unbet

unbet adjective: on which a bet has not been placed.

Adjective

unbet (not comparable)

  1. (rare) On which a bet has not been placed.
    • […] after you have tasted the sweets of victory, you will begin to share my view that it is fun just to sit and watch a race on which you have not bet. It is fun even when the unbet race is won by a horse you rejected at the paddock.1966, Tom Ainslie, The Compleat Horseplayer, page 160
    • A temporary $500 bet is made on one horse, chosen at random by flipping a coin, and movements in betting on that horse and on the unbet (control) horse were recorded.2008, Charles R. Plott, Vernon L. Smith, Handbook of Experimental Economics Results, volume 1, page 721

Origin of unbet

From un- + bet.

Questions about unbet

What does unbet mean?
Unbet means on which a bet has not been placed.
What part of speech is unbet?
Unbet is an adjective.

Words near unbet in the dictionary

  1. unbesprinkled
  2. unbestarred
  3. unbested
  4. unbestial
  5. unbestowed
  6. unbet
  7. unbethink
  8. unbethinking
  9. unbethinks
  10. unbethought
  11. unbetokened

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