Uncarpentered
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Not carpentered. not-comparable
"It was […] not unusual for these shelves, which had to be improvised at short order, to be uncarpentered constructs variously and ingeniously propped, tied, glued and hanging off stone walls whose last dignity was to refuse to be screwed."
Example
More examples"It was […] not unusual for these shelves, which had to be improvised at short order, to be uncarpentered constructs variously and ingeniously propped, tied, glued and hanging off stone walls whose last dignity was to refuse to be screwed."
Etymology
From un- + carpentered.
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