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unfed

unfed adjective: not fed.

Adjective

unfed (not comparable)

  1. Not fed.
    • Unmentioned in the existing document, Henry would be left alone after I died: unfed, unwalked, unloved.2014 December 29, Jane Gross, “The Future, Revisited”, in The New York Times
    • “Every day, the California dream is dimmed by the wrenching reality of families and children and seniors living unfed on a concrete bed.”2020 February 19, Thomas Fuller, “California Governor Declares Homeless Crisis ‘a Disgrace’”, in The New York Times
  2. (figuratively) Unsupported.

Noun

unfed (plural unfeds)

  1. A mosquito that has not had a blood meal.
    • The captured mosquitos were divided into feds and unfeds.

Forms of unfed

pluralunfeds

Origin of unfed

From Middle English un-fedd, unfedd, equivalent to un- + fed.

Words formed from unfed

Questions about unfed

What does unfed mean?
Unfed means not fed.
What part of speech is unfed?
Unfed can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near unfed in the dictionary

  1. unfeathers
  2. unfeatured
  3. unfebrile
  4. unfecund
  5. unfecundated
  6. unfed
  7. unfederal
  8. unfederalized
  9. unfederated
  10. unfedness
  11. unfeds

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