nonsaturated
5.4
Not fully filled with liquid or moisture
- adjective
:
no saturado
- The soil in the garden was nonsaturated, allowing for proper drainage of excess water after the rain.
Examples
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In areas where the ground is nonsaturated, the roots of the plants can spread more easily and absorb nutrients.
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The sponge still felt nonsaturated after only soaking up a small amount of the spill.
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This layer creates a porous zone in which high water pressures can develop from both saturated and nonsaturated flows.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
7.1
Having less of a substance than it can hold
is broader, describing not fully soaked or filled in many contexts
6.0
Able to dissolve more of a substance at the current temperature
refers more generally to not fully soaked or filled, not only dissolving ability
Antonyms
How Saturated
Surface Forms
nonsaturated positive
Morphology
Etymology
Nonsaturated comes from non- 'not' and saturate 'to soak or fill'. So nonsaturated soil, air, or a solution is not fully soaked or full and can still take in more water or substance, like a sponge that has room.