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unrisen

unrisen

9.0
Still in bed and not yet up
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈraɪzən/
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  • The children were still unrisen when their mother called them for breakfast.

Examples

  • He remained unrisen long after the alarm had sounded.

  • The children remained unrisen in their beds this morning.

  • She felt peaceful and unrisen as the morning light filled the room.

  • He was still unrisen when I called him.

  • He remained unrisen in bed even after the sun was up.

  • The children were still unrisen when their mother checked on them.

  • She felt content and unrisen as she snuggled under the warm blankets.

Synonyms

unarisen
vsunrisen
9.9

Something that has not happened or started yet

refers to someone still lying in bed, not physically up

How Awake

wakey
  • UK
1 9.0
up
5 1.0
unrisen
9.0
drowsy
22 2.7
asleep
1.0

Surface Forms

unrisen positive

Morphology

unrisen = risen (transparent) = un + rise + en

The negation 'un-' added to the past-participle 'risen' yields a literal negative meaning ('not risen' = not got up); learners who know 'rise/risen' will infer this.

Etymology

Unrisen comes from the prefix un- 'not' and the verb rise 'to get up'. So unrisen means 'not yet got up' and is used for someone still lying in bed.