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unflooded

unflooded

3.7
A place that has no floodwater
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈflʌdɪd/
translation icon : no inundado
  • Above all, the Abu Simbel and Philae temples were dismantled and reassembled on unflooded sites.

Examples

  • After the heavy rains, the city was grateful to have many areas remaining unflooded and dry.

  • A polder is an embankment that forms a complete enclosure, so that water rises around it but the area within remains unflooded.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The farmer was relieved to find that his crops were in an unflooded field after the storm passed.

  • Emergency services focused on the unflooded neighborhoods to deliver food and supplies to residents.

Synonyms

unsubmerged
vsunflooded
5.8

Not covered by water and still above the surface

refers to areas not covered by floodwater, including now dry after flooding

Antonyms

flooded
1.5

Covered with water after heavy rain or when a river overflows

How Flooded

flooded
1.5
waterlogged
3 5.2
damp
113 1.0
unflooded
3.7
dry
791 1.0

Surface Forms

unflooded positive

Morphology

unflooded = flooded (transparent) = un + flood + ed

Formed by adding the negative prefix 'un-' to 'flooded'; meaning 'not flooded' is directly predictable.

Etymology

Unflooded is made from the parts un- meaning 'not' and flood meaning 'to cover with water'. So unflooded describes a place that is 'not covered by floodwater' or where the water has been removed.