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unlived

unlived adjective: that has not been lived.

Adjective

unlived (not comparable)

  1. That has not been lived.
    • I want to cry for a life unlived, floating beautifully, poetically, all these years just out of reach.1983, Ken Norris, Whirlwinds, section 27
  2. (obsolete) Bereft or deprived of life.
    • Where shall I live now Lucrece is unlived?1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC

Origin of unlived

From un- + lived.

Questions about unlived

What does unlived mean?
Unlived means that has not been lived.
What part of speech is unlived?
Unlived is an adjective.

Words near unlived in the dictionary

  1. unlivably
  2. unlive
  3. unliveable
  4. unliveableness
  5. unliveably
  6. unlived
  7. unliveliness
  8. unlively
  9. unlivened
  10. unliveried
  11. unlives

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