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ungarnished

ungarnished

9.4
Money that a court has not taken to pay a debt
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈɡɑrnɪʃt/
  • Formal
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  • Because her bank account remained ungarnished, she could access all her savings freely.

Examples

  • The employee was relieved to see his ungarnished wages deposited in his account.

  • The court declared her funds ungarnished after the ruling.

  • He was grateful that his income stayed ungarnished after resolving the debt dispute.

  • His wages are ungarnished this week.

  • The employee was relieved to see his ungarnished wages deposited in his account.

  • Because her bank account remained ungarnished, she could access all her savings freely.

  • He was grateful that his income stayed ungarnished after resolving the debt dispute.

Surface Forms

ungarnished positive

Morphology

ungarnished = garnished (semi-transparent) = un + garnish + ed

Formally a negation 'un-' plus 'garnished', but the legal sense of 'garnish' is specialized and may be unfamiliar to many learners.

Etymology

Ungarnished breaks into un- 'not' and garnish. In law, to garnish wages means to take money from someone's pay for a debt, so ungarnished means money or pay that has not been taken away.