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unretained

unretained adjective: not retained.

Adjective

unretained (not comparable)

  1. Not retained.

Origin of unretained

From un- + retained.

Questions about unretained

What does unretained mean?
Unretained means not retained.
What part of speech is unretained?
Unretained is an adjective.

Words near unretained in the dictionary

  1. unresumed
  2. unresurfaced
  3. unresuscitable
  4. unresuscitated
  5. unretainable
  6. unretained
  7. unretaliated
  8. unretaliating
  9. unretaliative
  10. unretaliatory
  11. unretardable

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