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unpierced

unpierced adjective: not pierced.

Adjective

unpierced (not comparable)

  1. not pierced
    • There was not one of these left standing unpierced by bullets.1885, Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete
    • When he was rushed back to the hospital two weeks ago the Sun-Times referred to the unpierced "veil of secrecy" that has surrounded him since his stroke in March.2006 June 23, Michael Miner, “There Oughta Be a Law; Small Victories”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of unpierced

From un- + pierced.

Questions about unpierced

What does unpierced mean?
Unpierced means not pierced.
What part of speech is unpierced?
Unpierced is an adjective.

Words near unpierced in the dictionary

  1. unpieced
  2. unpieces
  3. unpiecing
  4. unpied
  5. unpierceable
  6. unpierced
  7. unpiercing
  8. unpiety
  9. unpigeonholeable
  10. unpigeonholed
  11. unpiglike

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