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unreinforced

unreinforced adjective: not reinforced.

Adjective

unreinforced (not comparable)

  1. Not reinforced.
    • Two [viaducts] in particular sit on the West Highland Line extension from Fort William to Mallaig, which opened in 1901. They are Loch Nam Uamh and Glenfinnan. Both use concrete, but unreinforced, which gives them strength in compression rather than tension.2023 May 3, Philip Haigh, “The art and science of building bridges”, in RAIL, number 982, page 41

Antonyms of unreinforced

Origin of unreinforced

From un- + reinforced.

Questions about unreinforced

What does unreinforced mean?
Unreinforced means not reinforced.
What part of speech is unreinforced?
Unreinforced is an adjective.

Words near unreinforced in the dictionary

  1. unreimbursable
  2. unreimbursed
  3. unrein
  4. unreincarnated
  5. unreined
  6. unreinforced
  7. unreining
  8. unreins
  9. unreinstated
  10. unreiterable
  11. unreiterated

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