unexecuted
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6.5
- adjective
- /ˌʌnˈɛksɪˌkjuted/
- Formal
- The lawyer advised that any unexecuted agreements should be finalized promptly.
Examples
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- No machinery down, unexecuted orders.
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Yet this is the case with Michelangelo's unexecuted project for the Magnifici Tomb in the Medici Chapel (Figs. 2-3).
Academic text (1992) -
Due to unforeseen circumstances, several unexecuted contracts have been put on hold.
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The project was abandoned because the team had too many unexecuted plans.
Synonyms
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7.2
Not yet put into use, often in software or plans
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6.0
Not done or carried out, often not shown to people
Antonyms
How Executed
Surface Forms
Morphology
unexecuted = executed (transparent) = un + execute + ed
Formed by the productive negative prefix 'un-' applied to the participial adjective 'executed', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not carried out'.
Etymology
Unexecuted is made of the part un- meaning 'not' and execute meaning 'to carry out' or 'to finish a plan'. So unexecuted describes something 'not carried out' or not made effective, like a contract that was never signed.