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undelved

undelved adjective: not delved or dug.

Adjective

undelved (not comparable)

  1. Not delved or dug.
    • Why, all the undelved mines cannot buy An ounce of justice,1592, Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy
    • She looks worried that undelved depths of silly shit do exist, but she relents, because a tip is at stake and we profile loose with gratitude.2000, Robert Wintner, The Modern Outlaws: A Road Saga, →ISBN, page 34

Origin of undelved

From un- + delved.

Questions about undelved

What does undelved mean?
Undelved means not delved or dug.
What part of speech is undelved?
Undelved is an adjective.

Words near undelved in the dictionary

  1. undeluding
  2. undeluged
  3. undelusional
  4. undelusive
  5. undelve
  6. undelved
  7. undemagnetizable
  8. undemanded
  9. undemanding
  10. undemandingly
  11. undemandingness

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