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
1
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
1
7.1
Having less of a substance than it can hold
is broader, describing not fully soaked or filled in many contexts
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.