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unshouldered

unshouldered is the simple past and past participle of unshoulder.

Meaning of unshoulder

Verb

unshoulder (third-person singular simple present unshoulders, present participle unshouldering, simple past and past participle unshouldered)

  1. (transitive) To remove (a burden) from one's shoulder.
    • The soldier unshouldered his gun.

Adjective

unshouldered (not comparable)

  1. Not furnished with a shoulder-shaped joint or protrusion.
    • an unshouldered oar

Questions about unshouldered

What does unshouldered mean?
Unshouldered means not furnished with a shoulder-shaped joint or protrusion.
What is unshouldered the simple past and past participle of?
Unshouldered is the simple past and past participle of unshoulder.
What part of speech is unshouldered?
Unshouldered is an adjective.

Words near unshouldered in the dictionary

  1. unshot
  2. unshots
  3. unshotted
  4. unshotting
  5. unshoulder
  6. unshouldered
  7. unshouldering
  8. unshoulders
  9. unshouted
  10. unshouting
  11. unshoved

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unshouldered (page history and authors); unshoulder (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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