Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

unspent en · ADJ

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 spent English unspent From un- + spent.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not spent.
    • Almost two-thirds of American consumers have at least one unspent gift card tucked away in a drawer, pocket, wallet or purse. 2023 February 23, Parija Kavilanz, “Americans have a collective $21 billion in unspent gift cards”, in CNN:

unspent en · VERB

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 spent English unspent From un- + spent.

Meanings

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