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ungrasped

ungrasped adjective: not grasped. Also the simple past and past participle of ungrasp.

Adjective

ungrasped (not comparable)

  1. Not grasped.
    • And if perchance some fleeting memories steal, Like far-off echoes to my dreaming ear, Away, ungrasped, the cheating visions wheel, As spectres start upon the wing of fear.1851, Sam G. Goodrich, Poems
    • All his life he had been hurrying desperately, and all his life the true moments had offered themselves and been left ungrasped.1910, Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch, Shining Ferry

Also used as

ungrasped is also the simple past and past participle of ungrasp.

Origin of ungrasped

From un- + grasped.

From ungrasp + -ed.

Questions about ungrasped

What does ungrasped mean?
Ungrasped means not grasped.
What part of speech is ungrasped?
Ungrasped is an adjective.

Words near ungrasped in the dictionary

  1. ungrappling
  2. ungrasp
  3. ungraspability
  4. ungraspable
  5. ungraspably
  6. ungrasped
  7. ungrasping
  8. ungrasps
  9. ungrassed
  10. ungrassy
  11. ungrate

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