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unshot

unshot

8.7
Not hit by a bullet or other weapon
  • adjective
  • /ʌnʃɑt/
translation icon : no disparado
  • Walking through the war-torn city, she felt fortunate to remain unshot during the conflict.

Examples

  • How did he manage to walk through France unshot?

    Fiction book (1998)

  • After fleeing the scene, he was relieved to be unshot despite the chaos around him.

  • The soldier emerged from the battle entirely unshot, while many others were injured.

Synonyms

unfired
vsunshot
1 4.8

A bullet or cartridge that has not been shot

refers to something that was not shot at rather than unused
undischarged
vsunshot
  • Specialized
7.7

A bullet or shell that has not been fired and can still explode

applies to objects that were not fired at and not to live explosives

Antonyms

shot
∞ 2.3

Firing a bullet or explosive from a weapon

How Shot

fatal
224 3.7
wounded
6 2.8
to shot
73 1.9
grazed
2.5
unshot
8.7

Surface Forms

unshot positive

Morphology

unshot = shot (transparent) = un + shot

Straightforward negative formation: un- + 'shot' (not having been shot/fired at) yields the literal negative meaning.

Etymology

Unshot is made from un- ('not') and shot, the past of 'shoot', so it literally means 'not shot' — someone or something that was not hit or fired at.