unset en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ʌnˈsɛt/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English set English unset From un- + set.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Not set; not fixed or appointed.
- (not-comparable) Not mounted or placed in a setting.
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(not-comparable) Not set.
an unset broken bone
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(not-comparable) Not planted.
And many maiden gardens, yet unset With virtuous wish would bear your living flowers
1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 16”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, →OCLC:
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(not-comparable) uncongealed, unconsolidated
unset concrete; unset cement