Untopped

adj, verb

adj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of untop form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Not having had the top cut off. not-comparable

    "Recently, there is commercial interest in planting trellised, untopped trees for earlier production in slow-growing regions such as the Western Cape."

  2. 2
    Not covered with a topping. not-comparable

    "In a Paris pizzeria, I watched rounds of pliable, untopped pizza dough get tossed into a very hot wood-burning oven and emerge puffed up, to be sprinkled simply with olive oil and salt."

  3. 3
    Unsurpassed. not-comparable

    "Thucydides, writing many centuries ago, averred that men usually embark on wars of conquest out of an aspiration for power, wealth, or out of fear. This statement is still untopped in its concision and aptness."

Example

More examples

"Recently, there is commercial interest in planting trellised, untopped trees for earlier production in slow-growing regions such as the Western Cape."

Etymology

From un- + topped.

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