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unbuilt

unbuilt adjective: not built. Also the simple past and past participle of unbuild.

Adjective

unbuilt (not comparable)

  1. Not built.
    • One side of the road was entirely unbuilt on and afforded the prospect of a level meadow where hay was made and real animals grazed in due season.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC
    • Yerkes created the GNP&BR [Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Railway] in 1901 by merging two underground railway companies with unbuilt lines - the Great Northern & Strand Railway and the Brompton & Piccadilly Circus Railway.2024 March 6, Stefanie Foster, “The changing face of the Piccadilly...”, in RAIL, number 1004, page 52

Also used as

unbuilt is also the simple past and past participle of unbuild.

Origin of unbuilt

Inherited from Middle English unbilt. By surface analysis, un- + built.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about unbuilt

What does unbuilt mean?
Unbuilt means not built.
What part of speech is unbuilt?
Unbuilt is an adjective.

Words near unbuilt in the dictionary

  1. unbuild
  2. unbuildable
  3. unbuilded
  4. unbuilding
  5. unbuilds
  6. unbuilt
  7. unbulky
  8. unbulldozed
  9. unbulleted
  10. unbulletined
  11. unbulliable

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