Unmade

adj, verb

adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1
simple past and past participle of unmake form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1
That is not yet made.
"On the most unmade bed imaginable sat two older Jewish men, both with black coats folded across their knees, bent close to each other […]."
2
Having had its making undone.
3
Without a hard, smooth, permanent surface. UK
"[E]ven when it turned off the unmade road and went steeply upwards along an even more unmade track, I was still exhilarated […]."

Adjective

1
(of a bed) not having the sheets and blankets set in order wordnet

Synonyms

ad lib ad-lib caught napping caught off balance caught short extemporaneous

Antonyms

Example

"Tom was in a hurry so he left his bed unmade."

Etymology

From un- + made.

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