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ungentled

ungentled adjective: not gentled; not tamed or domesticated.

Adjective

ungentled (not comparable)

  1. Not gentled; not tamed or domesticated.
    • In research on gentling rats, in 1921, Dr Hammett found that gentled rats were less likely to die, after the removal of their thyroid and parathyroid glands, than ungentled rats.2002, Anthony Synnott, The Body Social, page 178

Origin of ungentled

From un- + gentled.

Questions about ungentled

What does ungentled mean?
Ungentled means not gentled; not tamed or domesticated.
What part of speech is ungentled?
Ungentled is an adjective.

Words near ungentled in the dictionary

  1. ungenteelly
  2. ungenteelness
  3. ungentile
  4. ungentility
  5. ungentle
  6. ungentled
  7. ungentleman
  8. ungentlemanize
  9. ungentlemanized
  10. ungentlemanizes
  11. ungentlemanizing

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