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unsinewed

unsinewed is the simple past and past participle of unsinew.

Meaning of unsinew

Verb

unsinew (third-person singular simple present unsinews, present participle unsinewing, simple past and past participle unsinewed)

  1. (archaic, figuratively, transitive, usually) To deprive of sinews or strength.
    • Th' unsinew'd poem languishes and dies1683, John Dryden, The Art of Poetry

Adjective

unsinewed (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Weak.
    • O, for two special reasons; / Which may to you, perhaps, seem much unsinew'd, / But yet to me they are strong.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

Origin of unsinewed

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about unsinewed

What does unsinewed mean?
Unsinewed means weak.
What is unsinewed the simple past and past participle of?
Unsinewed is the simple past and past participle of unsinew.
What part of speech is unsinewed?
Unsinewed is an adjective.

Words near unsinewed in the dictionary

  1. unsin
  2. unsincere
  3. unsincerely
  4. unsincerity
  5. unsinew
  6. unsinewed
  7. unsinewing
  8. unsinews
  9. unsinewy
  10. unsinful
  11. unsinfully

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Adapted from Wiktionary: unsinewed (page history and authors); unsinew (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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