Unmeated

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without meat; meatless. not-comparable, rare

    "Then a thin old hag […] moaned out, "Twopence for two ounces!" and had to go out of the shop unmeated, since her earnings — or her beggings — had not brought her enough to have that small price to spare."

Example

More examples

"Then a thin old hag […] moaned out, "Twopence for two ounces!" and had to go out of the shop unmeated, since her earnings — or her beggings — had not brought her enough to have that small price to spare."

Etymology

un- + meat + -ed

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