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unstruck

unstruck

9.5
Not stamped or pressed to make things like coins and medals
  • adjective
  • /ʌnˈstrʌk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : sin acuñar
  • The collector was excited to find an unstruck coin blank in the old mint.

Examples

  • The display included several unstruck planchets alongside finished coins.

  • An unstruck medal is rare because most are pressed soon after production.

  • The collector was excited to find an unstruck coin blank in the old mint.

  • The coins were still unstruck in the mint.

  • He found an unstruck medal in the drawer.

  • An unstruck medal is rare because most are pressed soon after production.

  • The display included several unstruck planchets alongside finished coins.

How Struck

to mint
12 4.8
unstruck
  • Specialized
9.5

Surface Forms

unstruck positive

Morphology

unstruck = struck (opaque) = un + struck

Although morphologically un- + struck applies, the sense 'not stamped/minted' is specialized and unlikely to be derivable by an average B1 learner from the base.

Etymology

Unstruck joins un- 'not' with strike 'to stamp or press', like when a machine presses a design on a coin. So unstruck means 'not stamped or impressed', which is why a coin blank that was never minted is called unstruck.