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unbanged en · ADJ

Etymology

From un- + banged.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not banged; not struck suddenly.
    • Twenty minutes later, she was suffocating on top of him in the heat of her unair-conditioned bedroom, the ancient box springs squeaking under them like a bad accordion, and her head was unbanged because the sex was lousy. 2010, Jennifer Crusie, Welcome to Temptation, page 141:
  2. (US, not-comparable, rare) Without bangs (the hairstyle).
    • “To me, they scream: ‘I’m cooler than you, I have a lot of sex, and if you leave your husband with me I’ll devour him,’ ” said Meredith Hays, a literary agent in Manhattan with an unbanged brow. 2007 July 26, Anna Jane Grossman, “Bangs Return, and With Them, Naysayers and Chopaholics”, in New York Times:
    • That is why, in spite of shabby dresses, unbanged hair, tremendous mouths, and large noses, some persons are purely delightful. 2007, Annie H. Ryder, Hold Up Your Heads, Girls!, page 13: