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unplumbed

unplumbed adjective: not measured for depth, with or as if with a plumb.

Adjective

unplumbed (comparative more unplumbed, superlative most unplumbed)

  1. Not measured for depth, with or as if with a plumb.
    • The unplumbed depths of the sea will remain a mystery to land-bound humans.
  2. (figuratively) Not assayed or measured in any way.
    • There he was suddenly checked, facing the unplumbed complexity of child or woman in her.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 207

Forms of unplumbed

comparativemore unplumbed
superlativemost unplumbed

Origin of unplumbed

From un- + plumbed.

Questions about unplumbed

What does unplumbed mean?
Unplumbed means not measured for depth, with or as if with a plumb.
What part of speech is unplumbed?
Unplumbed is an adjective.

Words near unplumbed in the dictionary

  1. unplugging
  2. unpluggings
  3. unplugs
  4. unplumb
  5. unplumbable
  6. unplumbed
  7. unplumbered
  8. unplumbing
  9. unplumbs
  10. unplume
  11. unplumed

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