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ungartered

ungartered adjective: not gartered. Also the simple past and past participle of ungarter.

Adjective

ungartered (not comparable)

  1. Not gartered.
    • He is untrussed, unbuttoned, and ungartered, not out of carelessness, but care; his farthest end being but going to bed.1891, Various, Character Writings of the 17th Century
    • Then your hose should be ungartered, your bonnet unbanded, your sleeve unbuttoned, your shoe untied, and everything about you demonstrating a careless desolation."1899, Henry Theophilus Finck, Primitive Love and Love-Stories

Also used as

ungartered is also the simple past and past participle of ungarter.

Origin of ungartered

From un- + gartered.

Questions about ungartered

What does ungartered mean?
Ungartered means not gartered.
What part of speech is ungartered?
Ungartered is an adjective.

Words near ungartered in the dictionary

  1. Ungaros
  2. Ungarra
  3. ungarrisoned
  4. ungarrulous
  5. ungarter
  6. ungartered
  7. ungartering
  8. ungarters
  9. ungas
  10. ungaseous
  11. ungashed

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