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unmastered

unmastered adjective: not mastered (in various senses). Also the simple past and past participle of unmaster.

Adjective

unmastered (not comparable)

  1. Not mastered (in various senses).
    • Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604...

Also used as

unmastered is also the simple past and past participle of unmaster.

Origin of unmastered

From un- + mastered.

Questions about unmastered

What does unmastered mean?
Unmastered means not mastered (in various senses).
What part of speech is unmastered?
Unmastered is an adjective.

Words near unmastered in the dictionary

  1. unmast
  2. unmasted
  3. unmaster
  4. unmasterable
  5. unmasterably
  6. unmastered
  7. unmasterful
  8. unmasterfully
  9. unmastering
  10. unmasters
  11. unmasticable

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