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unretorted

unretorted adjective: not heated in a retort.

Adjective

unretorted (not comparable)

  1. Not heated in a retort.
  2. Not responded to with a retort.
    • She is the last person in the world, from whom he will endure, unretorted, the language of reproach.1831, William Sullivan, The Moral Class Book, Or, The Law of Morals, page 202

Origin of unretorted

From un- + retorted.

Questions about unretorted

What does unretorted mean?
Unretorted means not heated in a retort.
What part of speech is unretorted?
Unretorted is an adjective.

Words near unretorted in the dictionary

  1. unretiree
  2. unretirees
  3. unretirement
  4. unretires
  5. unretiring
  6. unretorted
  7. unretouched
  8. unretractability
  9. unretractable
  10. unretracted
  11. unretractile

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