unpatted
7.4
Not smoothed by hand, like dough or hair
- adjective
- /ʌnˈpætɪd/
:
sin alisar
- The dough was still unpatted and needed to be smoothed before baking.
Examples
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The quilt remained unpatted, leaving the fabric uneven in some areas.
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Her hair looked wild and unpatted after a long day at the beach.
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U = unpatted; P = patted; A = buildup A; B = buildup B; C = buildup C; M = multistage; F = F-ratio; p = probability.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
unsmoothed
vsunpatted
1
7.8
A surface that is rough or uneven
is the same lack of smoothing but specifically lacking gentle pats
unpressed
vsunpatted
1
4.5
Not ironed so it looks wrinkled
is not smoothed by ironing but rather not shaped by gentle pats
Surface Forms
unpatted positive
Morphology
unpatted = patted (transparent) = un + pat + ed
The negative prefix 'un-' negates the action/state expressed by 'patted' (smoothed by pats), so the meaning is directly compositional.
Etymology
Unpatted comes from un- 'not' and pat 'to press or smooth gently', so when dough, hair, or fabric is unpatted it has not been smoothed or shaped by light pats.