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unextended

unextended

7.6
Stays short or folded rather than stretched out
  • adjective
  • /ˌʌnɪkˈstɛndɪd/
translation icon : no extendido

We just looked at that one and no bodies are unextended.

Examples

  • " Its narrow aisles and unextended periscope didn't detain us.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • What was once the medieval task of the town crier to inform everyone of the events of the day has returned, because life then was community-based and not, as in the latter 20th century, insular and cocooned into unextended family units in their fenced-off dwelling.

    Blog text (30)
  • The rubber band remained unextended, allowing it to return to its original shape when released.

  • The artist's painting displayed colors in their unextended form, revealing the true vibrancy of the pigments.

  • During the demonstration, the spring was kept unextended to show how it functions when in rest.

Synonyms

undilated
vsunextended
6.5

Staying at its normal or smaller size

is about being not stretched out and kept in unreached form
nonextended
vsunextended
5.6

Not made longer in time or larger in size

is about being in a normal contracted or unreached physical state
unstretched
vsunextended
4.1

Not under pressure and able to do more work

is about being physically not stretched out and kept in normal form
unexpanded
vsunextended
5.2

Is still at original size and lacks extra details

is about being in a contracted unreached physical state rather than undeveloped

Antonyms

4 3.5

Stretched out to a longer length in space

3.0

Spread out far across a large area

How Extended

extended
4 3.5
normal
1.0
unextended
7.6

Surface Forms

unextended positive

Morphology

unextended = extended (transparent) = un + extend + ed

Meaning is a straightforward negation: 'un-' + 'extended' = not extended.

Etymology

Unextended begins with un- meaning 'not' and uses extend, which means 'to stretch out' and appears in extension. So, unextended simply means 'not stretched out', for example a table left closed or an arm held close to the body.