untreated 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 treated English untreated From un- + treated.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not treated.
The thrill of eventually finding a job is quickly offset by her untreated depression.
2019 August 16, Monalesia Earle, Writing Queer Women of Color: Representation and Misdirection in Contemporary Fiction and Graphic Narratives, McFarland, →ISBN, page 32:This short list represents but a few items of an extensive and open-ended list of untreated Indian English lexis.
2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 302:The volume of the flame given out by the untreated wood was estimated at three times that given out by the best treated wood.
1905, Environmental Control & Safety Management, page 365:For instance, MICP-enabled [microbial-induced calcium carbonate precipitation] bacterial mortar repaired cracks 3.5 times faster than untreated samples, significantly improving strength under high loads.
2024 October 10, Tiana Milović et al., “Enhancing Compressive Strength of Cement by Indigenous Individual and Co-Culture Bacillus Bacteria”, in Materials, volume 17, number 20, →DOI, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025:
Antonyms
Translations (12)
es non tratado (not treated) · fi hoitamaton (not treated) · pl nieleczony (not treated) · nl onbehandeld (not treated) · fr non traité (not treated) · cs neléčený (not treated) · da ubehandlet (not treated) · it non trattato (not treated) · nb ubehandlet (not treated) · pl nieutwardzony (not treated) · pl nieoczyszczony (not treated) · pt não tratado (not treated)