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unnarrow

unnarrow adjective: not narrow.

Adjective

unnarrow (comparative more unnarrow, superlative most unnarrow)

  1. (rare) Not narrow.
    • It is modest and unassuming and it celebrates the unnarrow life of a community dedicated to the quest for understanding.2001, Thomas W. Currie, Searching for Truth: Confessing Christ in an Uncertain World, page 27
    • The narrow tunnel had blossomed out into some seriously unnarrow tunnels.2007, John Ringo, Travis S. Taylor, Vorpal Blade

Verb

unnarrow (third-person singular simple present unnarrows, present participle unnarrowing, simple past and past participle unnarrowed)

  1. (rare, transitive) To make less narrow; to broaden or expand.
    • And if you could see how happy I am you would unnarrow your eyes and be happy for me.2006, Mary H. Jacobsen, Blood Sisters, page 32
    • That chafes a bit, his assumption that my horizons need unnarrowing.2013, Lisa Samson, The Sky Beneath My Feet, page 66

Forms of unnarrow

Adjective
comparativemore unnarrow
superlativemost unnarrow
Verb
third-person singular presentunnarrows
present participleunnarrowing
past participleunnarrowed
pastunnarrowed

Origin of unnarrow

From un- + narrow.

Questions about unnarrow

What does unnarrow mean?
Unnarrow means not narrow.
What part of speech is unnarrow?
Unnarrow can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near unnarrow in the dictionary

  1. unnapkined
  2. unnapped
  3. unnarcotized
  4. unnarratable
  5. unnarrated
  6. unnarrow
  7. unnarrowed
  8. unnarrowing
  9. unnarrows
  10. unnasalised
  11. unnasalized

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