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unpilled

unpilled adjective: of textiles: not having developed small matted balls of fiber.

Adjective

unpilled (comparative more unpilled, superlative most unpilled)

  1. Of textiles: not having developed small matted balls of fiber.
    • The jeans were too blue, the khakis too crisp, the flannel shirts too stiff, the sweaters unpilled. The bright red, down-filled jacket he hung up even had the tags still attached, […]1989, Arlene James, Dream of a Lifetime, page 25
    • The cellulase removes the existing pills, and conditions the surface of new or unpilled clothes.2003, G. T. Tsao, Recent Progress in Bioconversion of Lignocellulosics, page 45

Forms of unpilled

comparativemore unpilled
superlativemost unpilled

Origin of unpilled

From un- + pilled.

Questions about unpilled

What does unpilled mean?
Unpilled means of textiles: not having developed small matted balls of fiber.
What part of speech is unpilled?
Unpilled is an adjective.

Words near unpilled in the dictionary

  1. unpilgrimlike
  2. unpiliated
  3. unpiling
  4. unpillaged
  5. unpillared
  6. unpilled
  7. unpilloried
  8. unpillowed
  9. unpiloted
  10. unpimped
  11. unpimpled

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