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unpointed en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

From un- + pointed.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not pointed (formed into a point).
    • Ms. Marin uses a deliberately slack, unballetic form; limbs are relaxed rather than stretched and feet are unpointed. 2007 October 4, Roslyn Sulcas, “For $10, a Smorgasbord of the Popular and Daring”, in New York Times:
  2. (not-comparable) Not pointed (finished by filling with cement or mortar).
    • The masons laid the brick walls unevenly, leaving unpointed mortar between bricks for a rough-cast texture. 2007, Russell Versaci, Creating a New Old House: Yesterday's Character for Today's Home:
  3. (not-comparable) Not marked with a point.
    • an unpointed vowel

Deriveds

unpointedness

unpointed en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

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