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unspent

unspent adjective: not spent. Also the simple past and past participle of unspend.

Adjective

unspent (not comparable)

  1. Not spent.
    • Almost two-thirds of American consumers have at least one unspent gift card tucked away in a drawer, pocket, wallet or purse.2023 February 23, Parija Kavilanz, “Americans have a collective $21 billion in unspent gift cards”, in CNN

Also used as

unspent is also the simple past and past participle of unspend.

Origin of unspent

From un- + spent.

Words that rhyme with unspent

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Questions about unspent

What does unspent mean?
Unspent means not spent.
What part of speech is unspent?
Unspent is an adjective.

Words near unspent in the dictionary

  1. unspelt
  2. unspend
  3. unspendable
  4. unspending
  5. unspends
  6. unspent
  7. unspewed
  8. unsphere
  9. unsphered
  10. unspheres
  11. unsphering

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