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ungathered

ungathered

1 7.8
Not collected into one place or group
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈɡæðərd/
: sin recoger
  • The leaves lay ungathered on the forest floor, creating a colorful carpet.

Examples

  • After the storm, there were ungathered branches scattered across the yard.

  • You would let such a flower go ungathered?

  • Just by being here without express authorization, there wasn't much sense in trampling ungathered evidence.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • The extent to which ungathered Saints had as literal an understanding of themselves as chosen as did the Saints in Kirtland and Independence is difficult to determine.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The artist preferred to leave some ungathered materials as part of the natural landscape.

Synonyms

uncollected
vsungathered
2 4.4

Not gathered or picked up and left where it is

is the same basic idea stated in the main definition
uncoupled
vsungathered
1 4.9

Not joined to something it was attached to before

differs because it usually implies prior connection that was then undone
unfused
vsungathered
1 5.3

Not joined together and staying separate

highlights not being placed together in a single place
unjoined
vsungathered
1 5.6

A person who is not married and lives alone

is broader, focusing on not being placed together in one spot or group
unintegrated
vsungathered
1 7.4

A person or group that is not part of the main community

applies to not being part of a larger group rather than physical separation
unmerged
vsungathered
1 4.6

Not joined together into one thing

describes items left apart instead of being placed together in one spot
unconverged
vsungathered
8.1

Not joined together and still separate

emphasizes not being placed in a single place or group
uncombined
vsungathered
6.3

Not joined to other things

focuses on not being brought into a single location or group

Antonyms

86 2.2

Things brought together in one place, often in small folds

How Gathered

collected
18 3.0
gathered
86 2.2
ungathered
1 7.8
scattered
137 3.5

Surface Forms

ungathered positive

Morphology

ungathered = gathered (transparent) = un + gather + ed

Standard negative prefix 'un-' attached to the participial adjective 'gathered' yields 'not gathered', a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

Ungathered uses the prefix un- meaning 'not' and the verb gather meaning 'to bring things together'. So, ungathered describes things left apart or 'not collected in one place'.