unmeasured
- adjective
- /ʌnˈmɛʒərd/
- Literature
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sin medida
- Her emotions were unmeasured, pouring out in a whirlwind of feelings that she could barely contain.
Examples
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A single subject seemed to them incapable of such sudden variations, from unmeasured presumption to a dreadful dejection of heart.
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In short, there is hardly a nook or cranny of everyday American existence that goes unmeasured; we have statistics on life, death, sex, taxes, crime, athletics, economics, transportation, health, and commerce.
Academic text (1994) -
The poet's style was wonderfully fluid, filled with unmeasured thoughts that flowed freely without constraint.
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The writer's unmeasured prose captivated readers with its spontaneous and unpredictable nature.
Synonyms
Not written with a regular beat like free verse
Not having a regular rhythm in speech, music, and poetry
A line of poetry that does not have a regular rhythm of beats
Not having a regular beat or rhythm in poetry and music
Antonyms
How Metrical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Unmeasured comes from the parts un- ('not') and measure ('to give a regular beat or size', like a measuring tape). So in poetry or prose unmeasured means the lines have no regular rhythm or meter.