Skip to main content
unbagged

unbagged

8.4
Still free because no hunter or collector has caught it
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈbæɡd/
  • Jargon
: libre
  • The rare bird remained unbagged after several days of searching by the wildlife team.

Examples

  • Despite their efforts, the hunters left the forest with the deer still unbagged.

  • Many collectors dream of finding an unbagged specimen in the wild.

  • The unbagged animals roamed freely in the forest.

  • We found an unbagged deer in the meadow.

  • The rare bird remained unbagged after several days of searching by the wildlife team.

  • Despite their efforts, the hunters left the forest with the deer still unbagged.

  • Many collectors dream of finding an unbagged specimen in the wild.

Synonyms

uncollected
vsunbagged
2 4.4

Not gathered or picked up and left where it is

is at large because it was not captured or killed by hunters
uncaptured
vsunbagged
1 5.8

Not caught or recorded, for example by a camera

is at large because it was not killed or taken by collectors or hunters
unhunted
vsunbagged
1 7.0

People do not chase, hurt, kill animals for food or sport

is at large because it was not captured or taken by collectors
untaken
vsunbagged
1 4.8

Not claimed or used by anyone

is free because people did not capture or kill it
untrapped
vsunbagged
1 4.8

Free from something that holds you so you can move or act

is at large because it avoided capture or confinement by people

How Captured

trapped
361 4.4
unbagged
  • Jargon
8.4
free
152 1.0

Surface Forms

unbagged positive

Morphology

unbagged = bagged (semi-transparent) = un + bag + ed

The formation is regular: 'un-' + past-participle/adjective 'bagged' produces a straightforward negation of that state.

Etymology

Unbagged is made of un- ('not') and bag ('to put in a bag'). Hunters used to say they 'bagged' an animal when they caught it, so an unbagged animal is still 'free' or at large.