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unstirred

unstirred

5.8
Not mixed so a liquid or batter stays still
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈstɜrd/
translation icon : sin mezclar
  • She poured the milk into her coffee without stirring, leaving it unstirred for a moment.

Examples

  • After allowing the paint to settle, it remained unstirred at the bottom of the can.

  • Given enough time, according to theory, it should return to its initial unstirred state.

    Blog text (13)
  • "The truth is it's a mistake ever to let things go unstirred."

    Fiction book (1995)
  • But the platform sat unstirred.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • At first, I was thinking if you move the spoon and cup in exactly the opposite way (in terms of momentum) as the way you moved them when you stirred it, you'd end up with unstirred coffee.

    Blog text (13)
  • Grasses of alpine clearings, once lush, now tawny as pelt; their taller-stemmed bunches drowsing unstirred.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • The mixture was left unstirred in the bowl so that the ingredients wouldn't combine before baking.

Synonyms

unmixed
vsunstirred
1 3.6

Completely pure with nothing added

is about lacking spoon agitation rather than general separation
unblended
vsunstirred
1 5.8

Not mixed with other ingredients, showing its own taste or color

stresses no spoon agitation instead of component separation
unwhipped
vsunstirred
5.1

Cream or egg whites that are not beaten into foam

refers to a liquid not agitated by spoon or similar motion
unmingled
vsunstirred
8.0

Pure and not mixed with other things

focuses on lack of spoon motion not on purity or dilution

How Stirred

turbulent
34 6.6
agitated
1 4.4
unstirred
5.8

Surface Forms

unstirred positive

Morphology

unstirred = stirred (transparent) = un + stir + ed

The negative prefix 'un-' is directly added to the past-participle/adjective 'stirred' to mean 'not stirred', a regular and obvious formation.

Etymology

Unstirred combines un- meaning 'not' and stir meaning 'to move or mix with a spoon'. So unstirred means 'not mixed', a liquid left without being moved, like tea left after you stop stirring.