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unpointed

unpointed adjective: not pointed (formed into a point). Also the simple past and past participle of unpoint.

Adjective

unpointed (not comparable)

  1. Not pointed (formed into a point).
    • Ms. Marin uses a deliberately slack, unballetic form; limbs are relaxed rather than stretched and feet are unpointed.2007 October 4, Roslyn Sulcas, “For $10, a Smorgasbord of the Popular and Daring”, in New York Times
  2. Not pointed (finished by filling with cement or mortar).
    • The masons laid the brick walls unevenly, leaving unpointed mortar between bricks for a rough-cast texture.2007, Russell Versaci, Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home
  3. Not marked with a point.
    • an unpointed vowel

Also used as

unpointed is also the simple past and past participle of unpoint.

Origin of unpointed

From un- + pointed.

Words formed from unpointed

Questions about unpointed

What does unpointed mean?
Unpointed means not pointed (formed into a point).
What part of speech is unpointed?
Unpointed is an adjective.

Words near unpointed in the dictionary

  1. unpoetizes
  2. unpoetizing
  3. unpog
  4. unpoignant
  5. unpoint
  6. unpointed
  7. unpointedness
  8. unpointing
  9. unpoints
  10. unpoise
  11. unpoised

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