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unsported

unsported adjective: not sported.

Adjective

unsported (not comparable)

  1. Not sported.
    • On their arrival at Mr. Towkington’s chambers the oak was found to be hospitably unsported1927, Dorothy Sayers, Unnatural Death

Origin of unsported

From un- + sported.

Questions about unsported

What does unsported mean?
Unsported means not sported.
What part of speech is unsported?
Unsported is an adjective.

Words near unsported in the dictionary

  1. unspooky
  2. unspool
  3. unspooled
  4. unspooling
  5. unspools
  6. unsported
  7. unsportful
  8. unsportiness
  9. unsporting
  10. unsportingly
  11. unsportingness

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