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unfed

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English

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Etymology

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From un- +‎ fed.

Adjective

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unfed (not comparable)

  1. Not fed.
    • 2014 December 29, Jane Gross, “The Future, Revisited”, in The New York Times[1]:
      Unmentioned in the existing document, Henry would be left alone after I died: unfed, unwalked, unloved.
    • 2020 February 19, Thomas Fuller, “California Governor Declares Homeless Crisis ‘a Disgrace’”, in The New York Times[2]:
      “Every day, the California dream is dimmed by the wrenching reality of families and children and seniors living unfed on a concrete bed.”
  2. (figurative) Unsupported. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Noun

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unfed (plural unfeds)

  1. (biology) A mosquito that has not had a blood meal.
    The captured mosquitos were divided into feds and unfeds.

Anagrams

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Welsh

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Etymology

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un (one) +‎ -fed (-th)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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unfed (feminine singular unfed, plural unfed, not comparable)

  1. first (forms ordinals of compound numbers where the first element is un (one))

Usage notes

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  • The word unfed (first) is used in compound numbers, whereas cyntaf is used elsewhere, for instance, y llawr cyntaf (the first floor), yr unfed llawr ar hugain (the twenty-first floor).

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