undrained
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Still wet because water has not been taken away
- adjective
- /ʌnˈdreɪnd/
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no drenado
- Alfred fled W deep into the marshlands of the Somerset Levels, at the time a vast area of undrained boggy wetlands.
Examples
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You should mix the pasta with undrained beans to keep the dish moist.
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The recipe calls for undrained clams, so don't pour out the liquid.
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For a rich flavor, add undrained tomatoes to the sauce before serving.
How Drained
Surface Forms
undrained positive
Morphology
undrained = drained (transparent) = un + drain + ed
The negative prefix 'un-' applies to the participial adjective 'drained' to yield the straightforward meaning 'not drained'.
Etymology
The word undrained is made of un- meaning 'not' and drain meaning 'to remove water'. So undrained describes ground or a place that still holds water, like a sponge you have not squeezed.