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unwinnowed

unwinnowed adjective: not winnowed.

Adjective

unwinnowed (not comparable)

  1. Not winnowed.
    • While stooping over to fill his fan with unwinnowed grain, the buck, taking advantage of his position, came like a catapult against him, and sent him like a ball from a Paixhan gun, head foremost into the chaff.1857, S. H. Hammond, Wild Northern Scenes
    • A few miles away the loud Niagara of London runs swift, and the air vibrates with all the tumult of the strenuous life of man; but here the air is dead, unwinnowed by any clamorous wind, unshaken by any planetary motion.1907, William J. Dawson, The Quest of the Simple Life

Origin of unwinnowed

From un- + winnowed.

Questions about unwinnowed

What does unwinnowed mean?
Unwinnowed means not winnowed.
What part of speech is unwinnowed?
Unwinnowed is an adjective.

Words near unwinnowed in the dictionary

  1. unwinkingly
  2. unwinnability
  3. unwinnable
  4. unwinnably
  5. unwinning
  6. unwinnowed
  7. Unwins
  8. unwinsome
  9. unwinterized
  10. unwintry
  11. unwipe

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