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unquarried

unquarried adjective: not quarried.

Adjective

unquarried (not comparable)

  1. Not quarried.
    • The granite for his monument lies unquarried nor is its erection needed.1888, Harry A. Lewis, Hidden Treasures
    • He touched the heights of the Misty City and the sea-fog that had walled it in through the night as with walls of unquarried marble--albeit the eaves had dripped in the darkness as after a summer shower--and anon the opaque vapors dissolved and fled away.1912, Charles Warren Stoddard, In the Footprints of the Padres

Origin of unquarried

From un- + quarried.

Questions about unquarried

What does unquarried mean?
Unquarried means not quarried.
What part of speech is unquarried?
Unquarried is an adjective.

Words near unquarried in the dictionary

  1. unquarreled
  2. unquarreling
  3. unquarrelled
  4. unquarrelling
  5. unquarrelsome
  6. unquarried
  7. unquartered
  8. unquashable
  9. unquashed
  10. unquavering
  11. unquaveringly

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