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unset

/ʌnˈsɛt/

unset adjective: not set; not fixed or appointed.

Adjective

unset (not comparable)

  1. Not set; not fixed or appointed.
  2. Not mounted or placed in a setting.
  3. Not set.
    • an unset broken bone
  4. Not planted.
    • And many maiden gardens, yet unset
      With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 16”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC
  5. uncongealed, unconsolidated
    • unset concrete; unset cement

Verb

unset (third-person singular simple present unsets, present participle unsetting, simple past and past participle unset)

  1. (transitive) To make not set.
    • to unset a single bit in a binary pattern
    Synonyms:
    clear

unset meaning in Tamil

unset in Tamil

தொடக்க நிலையாக்கு

Synonyms of unset

Forms of unset

third-person singular presentunsets
present participleunsetting
past participleunset
pastunset

Origin of unset

From un- + set.

Words formed from unset

Words that rhyme with unset

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Questions about unset

What does unset mean?
Unset means not set; not fixed or appointed.
What is unset in Tamil?
Unset in Tamil is தொடக்க நிலையாக்கு. See Unset meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is unset?
Unset can be an adjective or a verb.
How do you pronounce unset?
Unset is pronounced /ʌnˈsɛt/.

Words near unset in the dictionary

  1. unserviceably
  2. unserviced
  3. unservicelike
  4. unservicing
  5. unservile
  6. unset
  7. unset the table
  8. unsets
  9. unsets the table
  10. unsettable
  11. unsetting

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: unset (page history and authors); unset (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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