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unbreathed

unbreathed adjective: not having been breathed.

Adjective

unbreathed (not comparable)

  1. Not having been breathed.
    • The little wedge or quoin inserted on each side to prevent the descent of the sash, viewing it as an impediment to the introduction of unbreathed air, has proved the most lethal instrument of human destruction in the whole world.1865, Henry MacCormac, Consumption, as Engendered by Rebreathed Air and Consequent Arrest of the Unconsumed Carbonaceous Waste, Its Prevention and Possible Cure
    • Sir, we left / The legions chafing at Byzantium / As frets an unbreathed horse against the curb.1899, Richard Warwick Bond, Zenobia: A Drama in Four Acts

Origin of unbreathed

From un- + breathed.

Questions about unbreathed

What does unbreathed mean?
Unbreathed means not having been breathed.
What part of speech is unbreathed?
Unbreathed is an adjective.

Words near unbreathed in the dictionary

  1. unbreasts
  2. unbreathability
  3. unbreathable
  4. unbreathably
  5. unbreatheable
  6. unbreathed
  7. unbreathing
  8. unbreathy
  9. unbrecciated
  10. unbred
  11. unbreech

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