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unbuoyed

unbuoyed adjective: not buoyed (up); not kept afloat or aloft.

Adjective

unbuoyed (not comparable)

  1. Not buoyed (up); not kept afloat or aloft.
    • Above may the Soul spread wing, spurn body and sense beneath her;
      Below she must condescend to plodding unbuoyed by æther.1883, Robert Browning, “Solomon and Balkis”, in Jocoseria, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, page 31
  2. Not buoyed; not marked by a buoy or buoys.
    • Between the two islands there is an anchorage that is entered from the northeast, unbuoyed, but not difficult to get into.1926, Neville Shute, chapter 4, in Marazan, London: Cassell

Origin of unbuoyed

From un- + buoyed.

Questions about unbuoyed

What does unbuoyed mean?
Unbuoyed means not buoyed (up); not kept afloat or aloft.
What part of speech is unbuoyed?
Unbuoyed is an adjective.

Words near unbuoyed in the dictionary

  1. unbungs
  2. unbunkered
  3. unbuoyancy
  4. unbuoyant
  5. unbuoyantly
  6. unbuoyed
  7. unburden
  8. unburdened
  9. unburdenedness
  10. unburdener
  11. unburdeners

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