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unlaid

/ʌnˈleɪd/

unlaid adjective: not laid. Also the simple past and past participle of unlay.

Adjective

unlaid (not comparable)

  1. not laid
    • an unlaid egg
    • unlaid paving stones
    1. Not laid by exorcism
      • stubborn, unlaid ghost1634 October 9 (first performance; Gregorian calendar), [John Milton], edited by H[enry] Lawes, A Maske Presented at Ludlow Castle, 1634: […] [Comus], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for Hvmphrey...
    2. (slang) not having had sexual intercourse
      • I've been unlaid since my boyfriend left me 5 months ago, so I'm desperate for a shag!
      • He smiled at this proudly, like he was the campus pussy-bandit being lauded for his prowess by his unlaid friends.2012, Norah Vincent, Thy Neighbor: A Novel, →ISBN
    3. Not laid out, as a corpse.
      • With their pellets of small wit, / Parts of me they judg'd decay'd; / But we last out still unlay'da. 1638 (date written), Benjamin Jonson [i.e., Ben Jonson], “Under-woods. Consisting of Divers Poems. (please specify the poem)”, in The Workes of Benjamin Jonson. The Second Volume. […] (Second...
    4. Not marked with parallel lines.

Also used as

unlaid is also the simple past and past participle of unlay.

Examples of unlaid in a sentence

  • The table was still unlaid, despite Mum asking us the kids to lay it five times.
  • the first foundations of the world being as yet unlaid[1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC...

Origin of unlaid

From un- + laid.

Words that rhyme with unlaid

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Questions about unlaid

What does unlaid mean?
Unlaid means not laid.
How do you use unlaid in a sentence?
The table was still unlaid, despite Mum asking us the kids to lay it five times.
What part of speech is unlaid?
Unlaid is an adjective.
How do you pronounce unlaid?
Unlaid is pronounced /ʌnˈleɪd/.

Words near unlaid in the dictionary

  1. unladylikeness
  2. unlagered
  3. unlagged
  4. unlagging
  5. unlaicized
  6. unlaid
  7. unlambasted
  8. unlambed
  9. unlame
  10. unlamed
  11. unlamentable

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