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unfull

Syllables: un·fullUK/ʌnˈfʊl/

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Ireland/ʊnˈfʊl/

unfull adjective: not full or complete; incomplete, imperfect.

Adjective

unfull (comparative unfuller, superlative unfullest)

  1. Not full or complete; incomplete, imperfect.
    • [T]h’vn-full Harmony / Of vn-even Hammers, beating diverſly, / VVakens the tunes that his [Tubal-cain’s] ſvveet numbery ſoule / Yer birth (ſom think) learn’d of the vvarbling Pole.1608, [Guillaume de Salluste] Du Bartas, “[Du Bartas His Second Weeke, […]. Adam. […].] The Handi-crafts. The IIII. Part of the I. Day of the II. Week.”, in Josuah Sylvester, transl., Du Bartas His...

Forms of unfull

comparativeunfuller
superlativeunfullest

Origin of unfull

From Middle English unfulle (“incomplete”), from un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + ful (“filled to capacity, full; complete, whole”) (from Old English ful, full (“filled, full; complete, entire”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”)). The English word is analysable as un- (prefix meaning ‘not’) + full.

Words that rhyme with unfull

Questions about unfull

What does unfull mean?
Unfull means not full or complete; incomplete, imperfect.
What part of speech is unfull?
Unfull is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unfull?
Unfull is pronounced /ʌnˈfʊl/ (UK).

Words near unfull in the dictionary

  1. unfulfilling
  2. unfulfillment
  3. unfulfillments
  4. unfulfilment
  5. unfulfilments
  6. unfull
  7. unfulled
  8. unfullscreen
  9. unfullscreened
  10. unfullscreening
  11. unfullscreens

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