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unthriven

unthriven adjective: not having thrived.

Adjective

unthriven (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) Not having thrived.
    • The base unthriven herd; the Pharaoh's kine—1872, Peter Hately Waddell, Behold the Man, page 63

Origin of unthriven

un- + thriven

Questions about unthriven

What does unthriven mean?
Unthriven means not having thrived.
What part of speech is unthriven?
Unthriven is an adjective.

Words near unthriven in the dictionary

  1. unthrifty
  2. unthrillable
  3. unthrilled
  4. unthrilling
  5. unthrive
  6. unthriven
  7. unthriving
  8. unthrivingness
  9. unthrobbing
  10. unthrone
  11. unthroned

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