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unstacked

unstacked

1 3.9
Not in a stack or pile
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈstækt/
translation icon : desapilado
  • Folder stacks with virtual copies were unstacked when moving to another folder.

Examples

  • This occurs when photos get unstacked as a result of enabling auto-stacking.

    Blog text (22)

  • This occurred when photos got unstacked as a result of enabling auto-stacking.

    Blog text (3)

  • The firewood remained unsplit and unstacked, and I turned up the thermostat.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • Folder stacks with virtual copies get unstacked when moving to another folder.

    Blog text (22)

  • The firewood remained unstacked in the garage, waiting to be organized for the winter.

  • After the storm, the unstacked chairs were scattered across the patio, needing to be returned to their place.

  • The unstacked boxes in the new apartment made it difficult to find the dishes for dinner.

Antonyms

stacked
2.7

Things that are in a neat pile one on top of another

Surface Forms

unstacked positive

Morphology

unstacked = stacked (transparent) = un + stack + ed

The prefix 'un-' indicates reversal of the action described by 'stacked'.

Etymology

Unstacked starts with un- meaning 'not' and the root stack meaning 'a pile', like a stack of chairs or boxes. So unstacked means 'not in a pile' or taken apart from a previous stack.