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untight

untight adjective: not tight or narrow; allowing something to pass or escape through it.

Adjective

untight (comparative more untight, superlative most untight)

  1. Not tight or narrow; allowing something to pass or escape through it.
    • The seams and joints of the machine giving way, and the heat of the smoke making the doors, before well closed, untight, […]1818, The London Medical, Surgical, and Pharmaceutical Repository, page 73

Forms of untight

comparativemore untight
superlativemost untight

Origin of untight

From un- + tight.

Words formed from untight

Questions about untight

What does untight mean?
Untight means not tight or narrow; allowing something to pass or escape through it.
What part of speech is untight?
Untight is an adjective.

Words near untight in the dictionary

  1. untier
  2. untiered
  3. untiers
  4. unties
  5. untigerlike
  6. untight
  7. untighten
  8. untightened
  9. untightening
  10. untightens
  11. untightness

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