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unfed en · ADJ

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Not fed.
   • “Every day, the California dream is dimmed by the wrenching reality of families and children and seniors living unfed on a concrete bed.” 2020 February 19, Thomas Fuller, “California Governor Declares Homeless Crisis ‘a Disgrace’”, in The New York Times:
   • Unmentioned in the existing document, Henry would be left alone after I died: unfed, unwalked, unloved. 2014 December 29, Jane Gross, “The Future, Revisited”, in The New York Times:
2. (figuratively, not-comparable) Unsupported.

Coordinates

underfed · overfed · unwatered

Deriveds

unfedness

Translations (6)

bg ненахранен (not fed) · ka მშიერი (not fed) · tr aç (not fed) · gv neuveaghit (not fed) · el αθήλαστος (not fed) · el νηστικός (not fed)

unfed en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. A mosquito that has not had a blood meal.
   • The captured mosquitos were divided into feds and unfeds.

Forms