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unspelled

unspelled adjective: not spelled. Also the simple past and past participle of unspell.

Adjective

unspelled (not comparable)

  1. Not spelled.
    • No doubt but He that had ſo raſhly ſought / Our Shore vvith the fierce Bulls unſpell'd had fought, / And fondly too th' Arms-bearing Seed had ſovvn, / 'Till by the Crop the Tiller vvere orethrovvn.1680, Nahum Tate, “Medea to Jason”, in Ovid, Ovid’s Epistles, […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC, page 191

Also used as

unspelled is also the simple past and past participle of unspell.

Questions about unspelled

What does unspelled mean?
Unspelled means not spelled.
What part of speech is unspelled?
Unspelled is an adjective.

Words near unspelled in the dictionary

  1. unspeeded
  2. unspeedy
  3. unspeered
  4. unspell
  5. unspellable
  6. unspelled
  7. unspelling
  8. unspells
  9. unspelt
  10. unspend
  11. unspendable

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