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unpromised

unpromised adjective: not promised. Also the past of unpromise.

Adjective

unpromised (not comparable)

  1. Not promised.
    • But in the very act of saying he will pay the unpromised debt Hal makes a promise to Shakespeare's audience — or Shakespeare makes it through Hal...1979, James L. Calderwood, Metadrama in Shakespeare's Henriad: Richard II to Henry V

Also used as

unpromised is also the past of unpromise.

Origin of unpromised

From un- + promised.

Questions about unpromised

What does unpromised mean?
Unpromised means not promised.
What part of speech is unpromised?
Unpromised is an adjective.

Words near unpromised in the dictionary

  1. unpromisable
  2. unpromiscuity
  3. unpromiscuous
  4. unpromiscuously
  5. unpromise
  6. unpromised
  7. unpromises
  8. unpromising
  9. unpromisingly
  10. unpromisingness
  11. unpromotable

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