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unwide

unwide adjective: not wide.

Adjective

unwide (comparative unwider or more unwide, superlative unwidest or most unwide)

  1. Not wide.
    • But how, you ask, do you display a wide-screen movie on a decidedly unwide television screen?2000, Michael Miller, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Home Theater Systems

Forms of unwide

comparativeunwider
comparativemore unwide
superlativeunwidest
superlativemost unwide

Origin of unwide

From Middle English unwid, from Old English unwīd (“not wide”), equivalent to un- + wide. Cognate with Dutch onwijd (“unwide”), German unweit (“not far from”).

Questions about unwide

What does unwide mean?
Unwide means not wide.
What part of speech is unwide?
Unwide is an adjective.

Words near unwide in the dictionary

  1. unwholesomeness
  2. unwholly
  3. unwholsomness
  4. unwicked
  5. unwickedness
  6. unwide
  7. unwidened
  8. unwidowed
  9. unwield
  10. unwieldable
  11. unwielded

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