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unpetrified

unpetrified adjective: not petrified (hardened by deposition of minerals). Also the simple past and past participle of unpetrify.

Adjective

unpetrified (not comparable)

  1. Not petrified (hardened by deposition of minerals).

Also used as

unpetrified is also the simple past and past participle of unpetrify.

Origin of unpetrified

From un- + petrified.

Questions about unpetrified

What does unpetrified mean?
Unpetrified means not petrified (hardened by deposition of minerals).
What part of speech is unpetrified?
Unpetrified is an adjective.

Words near unpetrified in the dictionary

  1. unpetaling
  2. unpetalled
  3. unpetalling
  4. unpetals
  5. unpetitioned
  6. unpetrified
  7. unpetrifies
  8. unpetrify
  9. unpetrifying
  10. unpettable
  11. unpetted

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