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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unmatted en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) simple past and past participle of unmat
    form of unmat

unmatted en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

From un- + matted.

Meanings

  1. Not matted.
    • Instead of spending hours untangling hair, they could bond with friendly conversation (“Your hair looks so unmatted today!”) or by picking apart someone else’s behavior (“Yeah, he was supposed to share the wildebeest, but I heard he kept both haunches”). 2007 October 16, John Tierney, “Facts Prove No Match for Gossip, It Seems”, in New York Times:

Forms

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most unmatted Degree=Sup lexicographic
more unmatted Degree=Cmp lexicographic