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unceiled

unceiled adjective: not ceiled.

Adjective

unceiled (not comparable)

  1. Not ceiled.
    • The cell was such a one as a convict would now disdain to inhabit. A low lean-to roof; the slates and rafters unceiled; the stone walls and floor unplastered.1866, Charles Kingsley, chapter 3, in Hereward the Wake, London: Nelson, page 86
    • First Purchase was unceiled and unpainted within. Along its walls unlighted kerosene lamps hung on brass brackets; pine benches served as pews.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Origin of unceiled

From un- + ceiled.

Questions about unceiled

What does unceiled mean?
Unceiled means not ceiled.
What part of speech is unceiled?
Unceiled is an adjective.

Words near unceiled in the dictionary

  1. unceased
  2. unceasing
  3. unceasingly
  4. unceasingness
  5. unceded
  6. unceiled
  7. unceilinged
  8. uncelebratable
  9. uncelebrated
  10. uncelebrating
  11. uncelebration

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