Unfed

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A mosquito that has not had a blood meal.

    "The captured mosquitos were divided into feds and unfeds."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not fed. not-comparable

    "Unmentioned in the existing document, Henry would be left alone after I died: unfed, unwalked, unloved."

  2. 2
    Unsupported. figuratively, not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    not given support wordnet
  2. 2
    not fed wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
bare handedbare-handedbeggarlyempty handedempty-handedfamished

Example

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"Unmentioned in the existing document, Henry would be left alone after I died: unfed, unwalked, unloved."

Etymology

From Middle English un-fedd, unfedd, equivalent to un- + fed.

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