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unnurtured

unnurtured adjective: that has not been nurtured.

Adjective

unnurtured (not comparable)

  1. That has not been nurtured.
    • Dark are their brows, and wild they rove
      Unnurtur'd o'er their native earth,
      Yet deep their rugged bosoms love
      Their land of birth.1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Remonstrance of the Creek Indians, page 76

Origin of unnurtured

From un- + nurtured.

Questions about unnurtured

What does unnurtured mean?
Unnurtured means that has not been nurtured.
What part of speech is unnurtured?
Unnurtured is an adjective.

Words near unnurtured in the dictionary

  1. unnun
  2. unnunned
  3. unnunning
  4. unnuns
  5. unnursed
  6. unnurtured
  7. unnurturing
  8. unnutritional
  9. unnutritious
  10. unnutritive
  11. unnymphlike

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