🖼️ Not pulled tight 😌 Not under strain

unstretched

3.6

A thing that is not pulled tight and stays loose, like a canvas

adjective
/ʌnˈstrɛtʃt/

: sin tensar

The fabric remained unstretched after being pulled gently, maintaining its soft texture.

This is my point X equal equilibrium, unstretched length of the spring.

Examples

But the spring force varies from nothing when the spring is unstretched and gets bigger and bigger as the spring is stretched.
And they're of such a length that unstretched their, they just meet in the middle.
So the seal seems to be a little bit of a misunderstanding about and this is the subject of static equilibrium versus unstretched spring kind of positions.
She kept the canvas unstretched while deciding how to frame it later.
The rubber band was unstretched, ready to be used when needed.

Synonyms

uncontracted

vsunstretched

Specialized

1 6.0

Not tight and often describing muscles that feel relaxed

focuses on being loose and not stretched rather than only untight

unpinched

vsunstretched

6.7

Not tight or squeezed

is more about being loose and not stretched out

unflexed

vsunstretched

5.8

Straight and not bent or tensed

emphasizes being loose and relaxed rather than only straight

unconstricted

vsunstretched

6.7

Has no tightness and allows free movement of air, blood, or feelings

means physical looseness and absence of stretch, not broad freedom

unextended

vsunstretched

7.6

Stays short or folded rather than stretched out

means relaxed and loose rather than held in a contracted form

Antonyms

stretched

1.8

Muscles that feel less stiff and more flexible after gentle exercises

How Stretched

stretched

1.8

taut

30 4.8

tight

6 1.0

unstretched

3.6

slack

2 3.1

Surface Forms

unstretched positive

Morphology

unstretched = stretched (transparent) = un + stretch + ed

The prefix 'un-' productively negates the participial adjective 'stretched', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not stretched'.

Etymology

Unstretched breaks into un- ('not') and stretch ('to pull' or 'make tight'), so it literally means 'not pulled tight'. That's why we call a loose canvas, relaxed muscles, or a rope with no weight unstretched.