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unnapped

unnapped adjective: finished without a nap (in fabric).

Adjective

unnapped (not comparable)

  1. Finished without a nap (in fabric).
    • Did I attempt her with a thred-bare name—unnapt with meritorious actions, [...]1616–1619 (first performance), John Fletcher, Philip Massinger, Nathan Field, “The Knight of Malta”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […]...
    • Napping permits a more permeable cake on the fabric surface but, in some cases, is more difficult to clean than unnapped cloth.1952, Louis C. McCabe, Air Pollution: Proceedings, page 284
  2. Not having napped (slept for a short time)
    • However wolverine-like an unnapped child, he's a cherub compared to one roused from a short sleep.2006, C. R. Yeager, Breakfast at Noon: Backwards in the "Burbs", page 52
    • A newborn baby Left unnapped so carelessly Takes this time to pee2008, Robert R. Jones, “Haiku”, in Harold J. Ellner, editor, The Best of Wits End: Medical Humor at Its Brainiest, page 333

Examples of unnapped in a sentence

  • Pigment prints are better applied to the unnapped side of a fabric as the print will matt down the raised fibers.1995, Pigment Printing Handbook, page 118:
  • If your unnapped child is fairly civil, composed, and not too cranky at bed- time, he probably doesn't need naps anymore.2009, Michelle Nicholasen, Barbara O'Neal, I Brake for Meltdowns, page 100:

Origin of unnapped

From un- + napped.

Questions about unnapped

What does unnapped mean?
Unnapped means finished without a nap (in fabric).
How do you use unnapped in a sentence?
Pigment prints are better applied to the unnapped side of a fabric as the print will matt down the raised fibers.
What part of speech is unnapped?
Unnapped is an adjective.

Words near unnapped in the dictionary

  1. unnamedness
  2. unnames
  3. unnaming
  4. Unnao
  5. unnapkined
  6. unnapped
  7. unnarcotized
  8. unnarratable
  9. unnarrated
  10. unnarrow
  11. unnarrowed

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