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unpassed

unpassed adjective: not passed (in various senses).

Adjective

unpassed (not comparable)

  1. Not passed (in various senses).
    • The whole company kneeled on the shore and kissed the ground for joy, returning God thanks for the great mercy they had experienced during their long voyage through seas hitherto unpassed, and their now happy discovery of an unknown land.1824, Robert Kerr, A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. III.
    • In 1870, Forster, author of the still unpassed bill, wrote that while the parsons were disputing, the children of the poor were "growing into savages."1917, Upton Sinclair, The Profits of Religion […]

Origin of unpassed

From un- + passed.

Questions about unpassed

What does unpassed mean?
Unpassed means not passed (in various senses).
What part of speech is unpassed?
Unpassed is an adjective.

Words near unpassed in the dictionary

  1. unparty
  2. unpass
  3. unpassable
  4. unpassableness
  5. unpassably
  6. unpassed
  7. unpasses
  8. unpassible
  9. unpassing
  10. unpassion
  11. unpassionate

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