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unrung

unrung is the past participle of unring.

Meaning of unring

Verb (1)

unring (third-person singular simple present unrings, present participle unringing, simple past unrang, past participle unrung)

  1. (transitive) Hypothetically, to reverse the act of ringing, or the consequences of the action.
    • In a criminal trial, if the prosecution brings in inadmissible evidence that would unfairly prejudice the accused, a mistrial may be warranted. Having the judge admonish the jury to disregard the evidence might not be enough, as the saying goes, 'You can't unring the bell.'

Verb (2)

unring (third-person singular simple present unrings, present participle unringing, simple past and past participle unringed)

  1. (poetic, transitive) To remove a ring from.
    • Her lofty song commands in thrilling strains
      That new-raised woman snap her rusty chains,
      Unring her finger and unbind her breast.1979, John Jefferson Bray, “The Story of Iphis”, in Poems 1972-1979

Adjective

unrung (not comparable)

  1. Not having been rung.

Phrases with unrung

Questions about unrung

What does unrung mean?
Unrung means not having been rung.
What is unrung the past participle of?
Unrung is the past participle of unring.
What part of speech is unrung?
Unrung is an adjective.

Words near unrung in the dictionary

  1. unrumple
  2. unrumpled
  3. unrumples
  4. unrumpling
  5. unrun
  6. unrung
  7. unrung a bell
  8. unrunnable
  9. unrupturable
  10. unruptured
  11. unrural

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unrung (page history and authors); unring (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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