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unmilked

unmilked

1 6.6
An animal like a cow or goat that has a full udder because nobody has emptied it
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈmɪlkt/
: no ordeñado
  • Without him, the animals would be unfed, the cows would stay unmilked, and the pigs would have to live in their dirt.

Examples

  • If the cow remains unmilked for too long, it can develop health issues.

  • An unmilked cow is likely to feel discomfort and may become agitated.

  • The farmer noticed that the unmilked dairy cows were restless and in need of attention.

Surface Forms

unmilked positive

Morphology

unmilked = milked (transparent) = un + milk + ed

The participle 'milked' (milk + -ed) is simply negated by the productive prefix 'un-' to mean 'not having been milked'.

Etymology

Unmilked starts with the prefix un-, which means 'not', and the word milk, the same word for the white drink from cows. So unmilked simply describes an animal that has 'not' been milked, like a cow or goat with full udders.