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unearthed

/ʌnˈɜː(ɹ)θt/

unearthed is the simple past and past participle of unearth.

Meaning of unearth

Verb

unearth (third-person singular simple present unearths, present participle unearthing, simple past and past participle unearthed)

  1. To drive or draw from the earth.
    • to unearth a fox or a badger
  2. (broadly) To dig up.
    • Modern archaeological excavations have unearthed the remains of a large number of ancient cities that lay buried deep under the sands for more than a thousand years, along the trade route from Bactria to China passing between the Tien Shan mountains in the north and the desert of Taklamakan in the...1971, R. C. Majumdar, “Medicine”, in A Concise History of Science in India, New Delhi: Indian National Science Academy, published 1989, →OCLC, page 261
  3. To uncover or find; to bring out from concealment.
    • Near-synonym: discover

Adjective

unearthed (not comparable)

  1. Not electrically earthed.

Questions about unearthed

What does unearthed mean?
Unearthed means not electrically earthed.
What is unearthed the simple past and past participle of?
Unearthed is the simple past and past participle of unearth.
What part of speech is unearthed?
Unearthed is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unearthed?
Unearthed is pronounced /ʌnˈɜː(ɹ)θt/.

Words near unearthed in the dictionary

  1. unearns
  2. unearnt
  3. unearth
  4. unearthal
  5. unearthals
  6. unearthed
  7. unearther
  8. unearthers
  9. unearthing
  10. unearthings
  11. unearthlier

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unearthed (page history and authors); unearth (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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