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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 wedded English unwedded From un- + wedded.
Meanings
- (not-comparable) Unwed.
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(figuratively, not-comparable) Not united together; poorly matched or discordant.
One night the winning beef laab starter was followed by a mysterious dish of three unwedded components — a short rib, a fried frangipani blossom and a pillow of plain sticky rice — and a crispy rice cake turned gummy beneath a crown of wonderfully rich coconut ice cream.
2015 August 27, Robyn Eckhardt, “In Siem Reap, Cambodia, Local Fare Gets a Chance to Shine”, in New York Times: