unrestored
- adjective
- /ˌʌn.rɪˈstɔrd/
- On the first track is the original unrestored Caruso recording, and on the second track is the result of the restoration.
- the old unrestored farmhouse
Examples
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The unrestored section between Jinshanling and Simitai is far less frequented by tourists.
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I am writing this as I start to watch Star Wars Episode IV in all its unrestored glory!
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Well, I'm not quite this old, but I hope I look that good dude for unrestored this thing is, I, I, I cannot tell you how solid this car is.
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There's one owner bought new in Southern California with his high school graduation and unrestored GT.
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All the unrestored cast-metal statues sported a chartreuse green.
Fiction book (2001) -
Two-thirds of Old Havana remains unrestored, and blocks away from the new restaurants and souvenir shops, residents still live in tenements that threaten to collapse around them.
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Carl was intrigued by the description: running condition with 10,000 original miles, rare qualities in an unrestored 50-year-old vehicle.
Synonyms
Not fixed after being damaged
Not changed or edited after it was made
In its original state and not changed by people
Not returned to a useful state after neglect
In its original condition without repairs or updates
Not opened or changed from the original condition
How Restored
Surface Forms
Morphology
unrestored = restored (transparent) = un + restore + ed
A straightforward negative prefix 'un-' is applied to the adjective 'restored', yielding the regular meaning 'not restored'.
Etymology
Unrestored is made of un- 'not' and restore 'to bring back to a former condition'. So an unrestored painting or car is one that has not been repaired or returned to its original look.