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undealt

undealt

7.5
Cards that are not given to any player
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnˈdɛlt/
translation icon : no repartido
  • The poker game continued, but there were still five undealt cards on the table.

Examples

  • After the deal, I looked at my hand and noticed that three undealt cards remained in the deck.

  • During the game, players were eager to see which undealt cards might change the outcome.

  • So now my undealt cards are going to be not here.

  • In other words, that's the "deck," the, uh, thirty-eight undealt cards.

    Fiction book (1990)

Synonyms

undistributed
vsundealt
  • Specialized
1 7.2

Assets not yet given to the people who should get them

is used for items not distributed, especially in game contexts
unallotted
vsundealt
6.7

Not given to anyone, for example a seat or task

is used specifically for items not yet given out in games

Surface Forms

undealt positive

Morphology

undealt = dealt (transparent) = un + dealt

Clear negative prefix 'un-' applied to 'dealt' gives 'not dealt', which a learner who knows 'deal/dealt' can readily understand in the card-distribution sense.

Etymology

The word undealt comes from the parts un- 'not' and deal 'to give out'. So undealt cards are cards 'not given out' to players and still left in the deck.